Essential Physiology for Dental Students offers comprehensive information on human physiology, tailored to the needs of students of dentistry. This new addition to the Dentistry Essentials series helps students gain a deeper understanding of how physiological concepts apply to clinical dental practice. Each chapter outlines an organ system in sufficient detail whilst emphasizing its relevance to clinical dentistry. Written in a student-friendly style, it contextualizes how normal and altered physiology affects dental care and highlights the implications of dental interventions on the body’s functioning.
Essential Physiology for Dental Students provides readers with complete coverage of: cell physiology; nerve and muscle physiology; the cardiovascular system; the respiratory system; the gastro-intestinal system; the renal system; haematology; endocrinology including the regulation of blood glucose and blood calcium; and the central nervous system.
Covers each system in detail, while emphasizing the relevance to dental students Presented using a reader-friendly layout with illustrations and clinical photographs throughout Features interactive MCQs and EMQs and downloadable images on a companion website
Essential Physiology for Dental Students is an excellent resource for undergraduate dentistry students, dental hygiene and therapy students, and dental nursing students. It also greatly benefits newly qualified dentists preparing for postgraduate examinations such as MFDS, LDS, ORE, and also the US National Boards.
Edited by:
Kamran Ali,
Elizabeth Prabhakar
Imprint: Wiley-Blackwell
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions:
Height: 252mm,
Width: 178mm,
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 544g
ISBN: 9781119271710
ISBN 10: 1119271711
Series: Essentials (Dentistry)
Pages: 256
Publication Date: 01 February 2019
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
List of Contributors ix Preface xi About the Companion Website xiii Part I Introduction 1 1 The Cell: Structure and Function 3 Vehid Salih and Kamran Ali Part II Nerve Muscle Physiology 9 2 Nerve Physiology 11 Elizabeth Prabhakar and Kamran Ali 3 Muscle Physiology 23 Elizabeth Prabhakar and Kamran Ali Part III Cardiovascular System 35 4 Heart 37 Poorna Gunasekera, Kamran Ali, and Elizabeth Prabhakar 5 Circulation 47 Poorna Gunasekera and Kamran Ali Part IV Respiratory System 57 6 Mechanics of Respiration 59 Feisal Subhan, Kamran Ali, and Elizabeth Prabhakar 7 Gas Exchange and Transport 67 Feisal Subhan, Kamran Ali, and Elizabeth Prabhakar 8 Control of Breathing 73 Feisal Subhan and Kamran Ali Part V Gastrointestinal System (GIT) 79 9 GIT Movements 81 Kamran Ali 10 GIT Secretions 91 Kamran Ali 11 GIT Digestion and Absorption 101 Elizabeth Prabhakar and Kamran Ali Part VI Hepato Renal System 109 12 Liver Physiology 111 Poorna Gunasekera and Kamran Ali 13 Renal Physiology 119 Poorna Gunasekera and Kamran Ali Part VII Blood 129 14 Blood Plasma and Cells 131 Mahwish Raja and Kamran Ali 15 Immune System 139 Louise Belfield and Kamran Ali 16 Haemostasis 149 Kamran Ali Part VIII Endocrinology 157 17 Endocrinology 159 Kamran Ali 18 Regulation of Blood Glucose 171] Kamran Ali 19 Regulation of Blood Calcium 177 Kamran Ali 20 Reproductive Hormones and Pregnancy 183 Theresa Compton and Kamran Ali Part IX Nervous System 189 21 Central Nervous System 191 Elizabeth Prabhakar and Kamran Ali 22 The Autonomic Nervous System 209 Elizabeth Prabhakar and Kamran Ali 23 Special Senses 217 Poorna Gunasekera and Kamran Ali Index 229
About the Editors Kamran Ali, PhD, MMEd, BDS (Hons), FDSRCS (Eng), FCPS (Pak), FFDRCSI (Ire), FFDTEd, FDSRCPS (Glasg), PFHEA, is an Associate Professor and Consultant in Oral Surgery at the Peninsula Dental School University of Plymouth, UK. Elizabeth Prabhakar, PhD, FHEA, CBiol, is a Senior Lecturer in Medical Sciences at the BARTS and the London School of Medicine & Dentistry, Queen Mary University of London, Malta and a former Lecturer in Physiology, Peninsula School of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Plymouth, UK.
