This book focuses on essentials of physiology for dental students. Physiology is different from other biomedical sciences as it deals with the functional aspects of various systems in the living body along with the emphasis on the regulatory mechanism that maintain the normalcy of the functions within narrow limits. The primary aim of this book is to meet the needs of the dental, paramedical and health science students precisely in the examination point of view, in getting knowledge of recent developments in the field of physiology and in knowing the important applied aspects of various topics. This book covers general physiology, blood and body fluids, muscle physiology, digestive system, renal physiology and skin, endocrinology, reproductive system, cardiovascular system, respiratory system and environmental physiology, nervous system and special senses. In the starting of each chapter, we have included the topics that are to be learnt in that particular chapter which will help the reader to remember the contents while revising the topic. The descriptive diagrams are given in such a way that the students can easily understand and reproduce them wherever necessary. The explanation of the topics is supported with the flowcharts and tables which makes the reading a pleasure and stress-free. This book is very useful for the students who have physiology as the subject in their career.

Contents

Chapter 001 Cell
Chapter 002 Cell Junctions
Chapter 003 Transport Through Cell Membrane
Chapter 004 Homeostasis
Chapter 005 Body Fluids
Chapter 006 Blood
Chapter 007 Plasma Proteins
Chapter 008 Red Blood Cells
Chapter 009 Erythropoiesis
Chapter 010 Hemoglobin
Chapter 011 Erythrocyte Sedimentation Rate and Packed Cell Volume
Chapter 012 Anemia
Chapter 013 Hemolysis and Fragility of Red Blood Cells
Chapter 014 White Blood Cells
Chapter 015 Immunity
Chapter 016 Platelets
Chapter 017 Hemostasis
Chapter 018 Coagulation of Blood
Chapter 019 Blood Groups
Chapter 020 Blood Transfusion

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Chapter 100 Basal Ganglia
Chapter 101 Cerebral Cortex and Limbic System
Chapter 102 Reticular Formation
Chapter 103 Posture and Equilibrium
Chapter 104 Vestibular Apparatus
Chapter 105 Electroencephalogram (EEG) and Epilepsy
Chapter 106 Physiology of Sleep
Chapter 107 Higher Intellectual Functions
Chapter 108 Cerebrospinal Fluid
Chapter 109 Autonomic Nervous System
Chapter 110 Eye
Chapter 111 Visual Process and Field of Vision
Chapter 112 Visual Pathway
Chapter 113 Pupillary Reflexes
Chapter 114 Color Vision
Chapter 115 Errors of Refraction
Chapter 116 Ear
Chapter 117 Auditory Pathway
Chapter 118 Mechanism of Hearing and Auditory Defects
Chapter 119 Sensation of Taste
Chapter 120 Sensation of Smell