Medical sciences / edited by Jeannette Naish and Denise Syndercombe Court. [electronic resource]

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Front Cover; Inside Front Cover; Medical Sciences; Copyright Page; Table Of Contents; Videos; Preface; Contributors; Acknowledgements; Dedication; 1 Introduction and homeostasis; Chapter 2 Biochemistry and Cell Biology; Chapter 3 Energy and Metabolism; Chapter 4 Pharmacology; Chapter 5 Human Genetics; Chapter 6 Pathology and Immunology; Chapter 7 Epidemiology; Systems of the Body; Chapter 16 Diet and Nutrition; Homeostasis; Homeostatic regulation mechanisms; Negative feedback; Homeostatic control of glucose metabolism; Thermoregulation; Human body temperature (Clinical box 1.1)

Heat-loss mechanismsHeat-gain mechanisms; Thermoneutral zones; Positive feedback (Information box 1.1); Feedforward (Information box 1.2); Water and electrolytes: homeostatic control of body fluids; Fluid compartments; Movement of fluids between compartments; Properties of forces that drive fluid movement between compartments; Osmolarity; Tonicity (Clinical box 1.2); Effect of solutes on body fluids; Homeostatic control of fluid balance; Hormonal control of fluid balance (Clinical box 1.3); Behavioural control of fluid balance (Clinical box 1.4); Thirst

Acid-base balance: homeostatic control of hydrogen ions (Clinical box 1.7)Partial pressure of hydrogen ions; Physiological range of pH; Effect of pH on physiological processes; Sources of acid and alkali; Buffer systems; Bicarbonate/carbon dioxide; Protein buffers; Haemoglobin buffer system; Phosphate buffer system; Control of acid-base balance; Respiratory control of pH (Clinical box 1.8); Renal control of pH (Clinical box 1.9); Renal H+ excretion; Renal bicarbonate reabsorption; 2 Biochemistry and cell biology; Introduction; Principles of Molecular Interactions; Atoms; Ions; Acids and bases

Chemical bondsIonic bonds; Covalent bonds; Polar covalent bonds; Hydrogen bonds; Non-polar molecular interactions; Organic compounds; Spatial arrangement of organic molecules; Chemical reactions; Electrophiles and nucleophiles; Oxidation-reduction (redox) reactions; Energy in biological systems; Energy cycle in biology; Potential energy of chemical bonds; Energy flow in chemical reactions; Anabolic and catabolic pathways; Generation of metabolic energy; Chemical Composition of the Human Body; Chemical elements; Water content and the main fluid compartments; The role of vitamins

Organic biomoleculesCarbohydrates; Monosaccharides; The five-carbon sugars (pentoses); The six-carbon sugars (hexoses); Modified monosaccharides: amino sugars and sugar-derived acids; Disaccharides; Polysaccharides; Complex Carbohydrates; Lipids; Fatty acids; Triacylglycerols; Dietary fats; Essential fatty acids; Eicosanoids; Cholesterol and steroids; Bile acids; Steroid hormones; Vitamin D; Complex lipids; Phospholipids; Sphingolipids; Purines and Pyrimidines; Synthesis and degradation of nucleotides; Nucleotide recycling: the salvage pathways; Nucleic Acids; Deoxyribonucleic acid

Primary structure of the nucleic acids

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