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Book SynopsisAbout our author
DEE UNGLAUB SILVERTHORN studied biology as an undergraduate at Newcomb College of Tulane University, where she did research on cockroaches. For graduate school, she switched to studying crabs and received a Ph.D. in marine science from the Belle W. Baruch Institute for Marine and Coastal Sciences at the University of South Carolina. Her research interest is epithelial transport, and most recently work in her laboratory has focused on transport properties of the chick allantoic membrane.
Her teaching career started in the Physiology Department at the Medical University of South Carolina but over the years she has taught a wide range of students, from medical and college students to those still preparing for higher education. At the University of TexasAustin, she teaches physiology in both lecture and laboratory settings, and instructs graduate students on developing teaching skills in the life sciences. In 2015 she joined the faculty of the new UT-Aus
Table of Contents
I. BASIC CELL PROCESSES: INTEGRATION AND COORDINATION
- Introduction to Physiology
- Molecular Interactions
- Compartmentation: Cells and Tissues
- Energy and Cellular Metabolism
- Membrane Dynamics
- Communication, Integration, and Homeostasis
II. HOMEOSTASIS AND CONTROL
- Introduction to the Endocrine System
- Neurons: Cellular and Network Properties
- The Central Nervous System
- Sensory Physiology
- Efferent Division: Autonomic and Somatic Motor Control
- Muscles
- Integrative Physiology I: Control of Body Movement
III. INTEGRATION OF FUNCTION
- Cardiovascular Physiology
- Blood Flow and the Control of Blood Pressure
- Blood
- Mechanics of Breathing
- Gas Exchange and Transport
- The Kidneys
- Integrative Physiology II: Fluid and Electrolyte Balance
IV. METABOLISM, GROWTH, AND AGING
- The Digestive System
- Metabolism and Energy Balance
- Endocrine Control of Growth and Metabolism
- The Immune System
- Integrative Physiology III: Exercise
- Reproduction and Development
