Laboratory Guide to Human Physiology: Concepts and Clinical Applications

A great highlight to the leading physiology textbook, this laboratory manual gives you the flexibility to customize your lab course.
New Edition!

Laboratory Guide to Human Physiology: Concepts & Clinical Applications Eighth Edition
by Stuart Ira Fox, Pierce College

This eighth edition has been completely renovated and all of the exercises have been carefully refined and updated to keep pace with the continuous changes in laboratory technology, vendor supply sources, and to address updates in computer-assisted instruction and biohazard health concerns. It can be used in conjunction with any human physiology textbook, and a wide variety of exercises support most areas covered in a one-semester human physiology course, so you can choose which exercises best meet your instructional goals.

Features

Almost every figure has been revised or updated and many new, figures and tables have been added.
A new reworked design includes icons, boxes and shading of important concepts to enhance visual comprehension by students and improve overall continuity.
Now featuring correlations to the Virtual Physiology Lab CD-ROM by WCB/McGraw-Hill. This multi-media tool features 10 simulations of the most common and important animal-based experiments.
A Caution icon is used throughout the guide to alert the student that special attention is necessary when preparing for or performing the laboratory exercises.
Intelitool laboratory exercises are included.

Contents

1 Introduction: Structure and Physiological Control Systems
1.1 Microscopic Examination of Cells
1.2 Microscopic Examination of Tissues and Organs
1.3 Hemeostasis and Negative Feedback

2 Cell Function and Biochemical Measurements
2.1 Measurements of Plasma Glucose, Cholesterol, and Protein
2.2 Thin-Layer Chromatography of Amino Acids
2.3 Electrophoresis of Serum Proteins
2.4 Measurements of Enzyme Activity
2.5 Genetic Control of Metabolism
2.6 Diffusion, Osmosis, and Tonicity

3 The Nervous System and Sensory Physiology
3.1 Recording the Nerve Action Potential
3.2 Electroencephalogram (EEG)
3.3 Reflex Arc
3.4 Cutaneous Receptors and Referred Pain
3.5 Eyes and Vision
3.6 Ears: Cochlea and Hearing
3.7 Ears: Vestibular Apparatus—Balance and Equilibrium
3.8 Taste Perception

4 The Endocrine System
4.1 Histology of the Endocrine Glands
4.2 Thin-Layer Chromatography of Steroid Hormones
4.3 Insulin Shock

5 Skeletal Muscles
5.1 Neural Control of Muscle Contraction
5.2 Summation, Tetanus, and Fatigue
5.3 Electromyogram (EMG)

6 Blood: Gas Transport, Immunity, and Clotting Functions
6.1 Red Blood Cell Count, Hemoglobin and Oxygen Transport
6.2 White Blood Cell Count, Differential, and Immunity
6.3 Blood Types
6.4 Blood Clotting System

7 The Cardiovascular System
7.1 Effects of Drugs on the Frog Heart
7.2 Electrocardiogram
7.3 Effects of Exercise on the Electrocardiogram
7.4 Mean Electrical Axis of the Ventricles
7.5 Heart Sounds
7.6 Measurements of Blood Pressure
7.7 Cardiovascular System and Physical Fitness

8 Respiration and Metabolism
8.1 Measurements of Pulmonary Function
8.2 Effect of Exercise on the Respiratory System
8.3 Oxyhemoglobin Saturation
8.4 Respiration and Acid-Base Balance

9 Renal Function and Homeostasis
9.1 Renal Regulation of Fluid and Electrolyte Balance
9.2 Renal Plasma Clearance of Urea
9.3 Clinical Examination of Urine

10 Digestion and Nutrition
10.1 Histology of the Gastrointestinal Tract, Liver, and Pancreas
10.2 Digestion of Carbohydrate, Protein, and Fat
10.3 Nutrition Assessment, BMR, and Body Composition

11 Reproductive System 11.1 Ovarian Cycle as Studied Using a Vaginal Smear of the Rat
11.2 Human Chorionic Gonadotropin and the Pregnancy Test
11.3 Patterns of Heredity

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ISBN 0-697-34218-2
Supplement: Instructor’s Manual

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