Uses a logical, organ system-based approach that clearly describes all of the mechanisms that control and regulate bodily function.
Includes new clinical case examples, as well as In the Clinic and At the Molecular Level boxes that highlight practical aspects of this fundamental science.
Provides key experimental observations and examples that offer a rich understanding of the body's dynamic processes.
Discusses recent discoveries such as the role of lymphatics in the nervous system.
Begins each chapter with a bulleted list of questions and ends with key concepts covered in that chapter.
Bruce M. Koeppen, MD, PhD, Dean, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine, Quinnipiac University, Hamden, Connecticut, USA, Bruce A. Stanton, PhD, Andrew C. Vail Professor, Microbiology, Immunology, and Physiology, Director of the Lung Biology Center, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, New Hampshire, USA, Julianne M. Hall, PhD, Associate Professor of Medical Sciences, Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine (NH-MED), USA and Agnieszka Swiatecka-Urban, M.D., F.A.S.N., Associate Professor of Pediatrics, The University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
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