Chapter 1 Basic scientific principles of physiology 1
Peter S Vickers

Chapter 2 Cells: cellular compartment, transport system, fluid movements 32
Muralitharan Nair

Chapter 3 The immune system 62
Peter S Vickers

Chapter 4 Tissue 102
Anthony Wheeldon

Chapter 5 The skin 130
Ian Peate

Chapter 6 The nervous system 154
Louise McErlean and Janet G Migliozzi

Chapter 7 The endocrine system 190
Carl Clare

Chapter 8 The skeletal system 224
Ian Peate

Chapter 9 The muscular system 258
Janet G Migliozzi

Chapter 10 The cardiac system 294
Carl Clare

Chapter 11 The respiratory system 328
Anthony Wheeldon

Chapter 12 The circulatory system 366
Muralitharan Nair

Chapter 13 The digestive system and nutrition 406
Louise McErlean

Chapter 14 The renal system 446
Muralitharan Nair

Chapter 15 The reproductive systems 476
Ian Peate

Chapter 16 The special senses 510
Carl Clare

Chapter 17 Genetics 550
Peter S Vickers

Index 585