| List of Figures | ix | |
| List of Tables | xi | |
| Preface | xiii | |
| 1 | The Foundation | 1 |
| Structure and Function | 1 | |
| Homeostasis, Equilibrium, and the Steady State | 7 | |
| Physiological Gradients | 9 | |
| Physiological Reflexes | 11 | |
| Control Systems Analysis | 13 | |
| Feedback and Feedforward | 15 | |
| 2 | Understanding the Mammalian Nervous System | 18 |
| What Are Neurons? | 18 | |
| What Is the Nervous System? | 19 | |
| Neuron Communication, Electrical and Chemical Transmission | 22 | |
| Different Neurotransmitters and Their Locations and Functions | 25 | |
| Discomfort, Pain, and the Nervous System | 29 | |
| Mental Activity, Cerebral Blood Flow, and Health of the Nervous System | 32 | |
| 3 | The Endocrine System and Physiological Communication | 35 |
| Advances in Endocrinology | 35 | |
| Hormones, Proteins, and Peptides | 39 | |
| The Hypothalamic-Pituitary Axis | 41 | |
| Excesses and Deficiencies of GH and Health | 44 | |
| The Adrenal Gland and Growth | 47 | |
| The Thyroid Gland | 48 |
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Publication information:
Book title: Our Marvelous Bodies: An Introduction to the Physiology of Human Health.
Contributors: Gary F. Merrill - Author.
Publisher: Rutgers University Press.
Place of publication: New Brunswick, NJ.
Publication year: 2008.
Page number: v.
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