Pairing necessary detail with concise readability, Berne & Levy Physiology, 8th Edition, provides a perfect balance of content to deliver an in-depth understanding of the body's dynamic processes. Long respected for its scientifically rigorous approach, this highly regarded, mid-size text offers essential physiology with integrated coverage of biophysics and key experimental observations and examples-all designed to provide a solid scientific foundation in physiology for future scientists and clinicians.
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Uses a logical, organ system-based approach that clearly describes all of the mechanisms that control and regulate bodily function.
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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.
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Provides key experimental observations and examples that offer a rich understanding of the body's dynamic processes.
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Discusses recent discoveries such as the role of lymphatics in the nervous system.
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Begins each chapter with a bulleted list of questions and ends with key concepts covered in that chapter.
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Enhanced eBook version included with purchase. Your enhanced eBook allows you to access all of the text, figures, and references from the book on a variety of devices.
Hall, Julianne M.: - Julianne Hall, Assoc. Professor of medical sciences at the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac University teaches courses, pharmacology, physiology, and pathophysiology. Before joining Quinnipiac, Hall was an assistant professor at the Campbell University College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in Bules Creek, North Carolina. She has a doctorate in pharmacology from Duke University and a bachelor's degree in biology from Trinity College.
Koeppen, Bruce M.: - "Bruce Koeppen, founding dean of the Frank H. Netter MD School of Medicine at Quinnipiac, recently received two prestigious awards: honored by the Patient is U Foundation - a nonprofit that aims to encourage human communication in health care and support both patients and providers and the (LCME) Liaison Committee on Medical Education's 2019 Distinguished Service Award."
Stanton, Bruce A.: - Bruce Stanton received the Unsung Hero Award in 2019 from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation. He played a key role in the development of Vertex modulators and is connected with sparking the creation of a Patient Registry which has had an enormous impact on the length and quality of lives in CF patients.
Swiatecka-Urban, Agnieszka: - Dr. Swiatecka-Urban, Assoc. Prof. of Pediatrics at the University of Pitt, is a designated Nephrotic Syndrome Specialist (NSS) by NephCure Kidney International. The NSS program was created to address the importance of connecting patients to experts earlier in their diagnoses and to simultaneously improve patients' quality of life and advance critical research. Her research spans both renal and respiratory systems.
