INDEX
| absorption: of simple sugars, 119; surface area and, 120 | |
| absorptive state, 114 | |
| ACE. See angiotensin-converting enzyme acetaminophen (Tylenol): in heart tissue, 32; for high-altitude headache, 31–32; MPTP protected by, 159; muscle experiments with, 160–161 | |
| acetylcholine (ACh), 24, 26, 27 | |
| acid/base homeostasis, 87 | |
| acidosis, 11; clinically significant, 90, 90t; metabolic, 91t, 182; and osmotic diuresis, 108; respiratory, 91, 91t | |
| acromegaly, 44, 45 | |
| actin: cross-bridge with myosin of, 154; and muscle hypertrophy, 156 | |
| actin-myosin complexes, formation of permanent, 155 | |
| action potentials, 22; and cardiovascular control centers, 164; depolarizations and repolarizations, 24 | |
| activators, in control systems, 14 | |
| adenohyophysis, 41 | |
| adenosine, 39, 153 | |
| adenosine diphosphate (ADP), in muscle contraction, 155 | |
| adenosine triphosphate (ATP): in muscle contraction, 155; regulation of, 7 | |
| adenylate cyclase, 27 | |
| ADH. See antidiuretic hormone adrenal cortex, 47 | |
| adrenal glands: and growth, 47–48; regulation of, 41 | |
| adrenal hormones, 47–48 | |
| adrenal medulla, 47 | |
| adrenocorticoids, 47 | |
| adrenocorticotropic hormone (ACTH), 42 | |
| agglutination, 145 | |
| Agre, Peter, 95 | |
| air-exchange system, composition of, 78 | |
| akinesia, of Parkinson's disease, 28 | |
| Alan test, of collateral perfusion, 74–75 | |
| albumin to globulin ratio (A/G ratio), 144 | |
| aldosterone, 39, 47 | |
| alkalosis: clinically significant, 90, 90t; metabolic, 91t; respiratory, 91, 91t | |
| allergies, seasonality of, 93, 143 | |
| alpha amylase, 120 | |
| altitude, and partial pressure of oxygen, 86 | |
| Alton Giant, 44 | |
| alveolar ventilation, estimating, 84 | |
| alveoli, 78; cells of, 80; function of, 2t; and minute ventilation, 84; structures of, 79t; and tidal volume, 83 | |
| American Heart Association, 176, 183 | |
| American Physiological Society, 1 | |
| amino acid hormones, 39–40, 39t | |
| amino acids, 122 | |
| anatomy: defined, 2; and physiology, 2 | |
| androgen actions, impaired, 136t | |
| androgens, 40, 41, 131, 132; functions of, 38t; before puberty, 48 | |
| androstenedione, 47 | |
| anemias, 55 | |
| anesthesia, and menstrual cycles, 44 | |
| angiogenesis, 134–135, 145 | |
| angiogenic growth factors (AGFs), 178 | |
| angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE), 37–38, 167 | |
| angiotensin I (AI), 167 | |
| angiotensin II (AII), 167 | |
| angiotensinogen, 167 | |
| ANP. See atrial natriuretic peptide ANS. See autonomic nervous system antibodies: immune functions of, 144, 145; in immune system, 138 | |
| antidiuretic hormone (ADH), 95; function of, | |
| 41; in hypotensive crisis, 167; and overhydration, 105; in renal physiology, 103 | |
| antral fluid, 134, 135 | |
| antrum, stomach, 118 | |
| aorta, 63 | |
| aortic bodies, 87 | |
| apical membrane, 106 | |
| apneustic center, 88–89, 88t | |
| aquaporins, 94–95 | |
| arginine vasopressin (AVP), 41, 95, 167. See also antidiuretic hormone arterial blood, pH of, 89 | |
| arterial blood pressure: and general health, 174; renal, 100 | |
| arteries, 62; distributing, 64, 65t; properties of, 62–63; resistance in, 65 | |
| arterioles, 65, 65t | |
| asthma, 82 |
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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: 209.
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