Physiology and Pathophysiology of Digestion (Colloquium Integrated Systems Physiology: From Molecule to Function to Disease) - Hardcover

Granger, D Neil; Morris, James D; Kvietys, Peter R

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1615047905 ISBN 13: 9781615047901

Publisher: Morgan & Claypool, 2018

Synopsis

This collaboration of two physiologists and a gastroenterologist provides medical and graduate students, medical and surgical residents, and subspecialty fellows a comprehensive summary of digestive system physiology and addresses the pathophysiological processes that underlie some GI diseases. The textual approach proceeds by organ instead of the traditional organization followed by other GI textbooks. This approach lets the reader track the food bolus as it courses through the GI tract, learning on the way each organ's physiologic functions as the bolus directly or indirectly contacts it. The book is divided into three parts: (1) Chapters 1-3 include coverage of basic concepts that pertain to all (or most) organs of the digestive system, salivation, chewing, swallowing, and esophageal function, (2) Chapters 4-6 are focused on the major secretory organs (stomach, pancreas, liver) that assist in the assimilation of a meal, and (3) Chapters 7 and 8 address the motor, transport, and digestive functions of the small and large intestines. Each chapter includes its own pathophysiology and clinical correlation section that underscores the importance of the organ's normal function.

About this title

About the Author:

D. Neil Granger, Ph.D., is Boyd Professor Emeritus in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology at the LSU Health Sciences Center in Shreveport, Louisiana. His research interests have been focused on the role of the microcirculation in acute and chronic inflammation and how risk factors for cardiovascular disease influence microvascular function. Dr. Granger has a longstanding record of teaching physiology to medical and graduate students. He has served on the editorial boards of the GI & Liver, Heart & Circulation, and Cell sections of the American Journal of Physiology, as well as Circulation Research, Microcirculation, Shock, Pathophysiology, Free Radical Biology & Medicine, Lymphatic Research and Biology, and Nitric Oxide Biology & Chemistry. He was an Associate Editor of the American Journal of Physiology: GI & Liver Physiology and the Editor-in-Chief of Microcirculation.

About this edition

• Publisher: Morgan & Claypool
• Publication date: 2018
• ISBN 10: 1615047905
• ISBN 13: 9781615047901
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 338