Ganong's Review of Medical Physiology 25th EditionThe leading text on human physiology for more than four decades For more than four decades, Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology has been helping those in the medical field understand human and mammalian physiology. Applauded for its interesting and engagingly written style, Ganong’s concisely covers every important topic without sacrificing depth or readability and delivers more detailed, high-yield information per page than any other similar text or review. Thoroughly updated to reflect the latest research and developments in important areas. Ganong’s Review of Medical Physiology incorporates examples from clinical medicine to illustrate important physiologic concepts.
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Page 574
... PRESSURE. In rigid tubes, the relationship between pressure and flow of homogeneous fluids is linear, but in thin-walled blood vessels in vivo it is not. When the pressure in a small blood vessel is reduced, a point is reached at which ...
... PRESSURE. In rigid tubes, the relationship between pressure and flow of homogeneous fluids is linear, but in thin-walled blood vessels in vivo it is not. When the pressure in a small blood vessel is reduced, a point is reached at which ...
Page 576
... pressure Mean pressure P m Diastolic pressure 0 1 2 Time (s) 3 4 FIGURE 31–26 Brachial artery pressure curve of a normal young human, showing the relation of systolic and diastolic pressure to mean pressure. The shaded area above the ...
... pressure Mean pressure P m Diastolic pressure 0 1 2 Time (s) 3 4 FIGURE 31–26 Brachial artery pressure curve of a normal young human, showing the relation of systolic and diastolic pressure to mean pressure. The shaded area above the ...
Page 577
... pressure decreases. Therefore, when a vessel is narrowed by a pathologic process such as an atherosclerotic plaque, the lat- eral pressure at the constriction is decreased and the narrow- ing tends to maintain itself. AUSCULTATORY.
... pressure decreases. Therefore, when a vessel is narrowed by a pathologic process such as an atherosclerotic plaque, the lat- eral pressure at the constriction is decreased and the narrow- ing tends to maintain itself. AUSCULTATORY.
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Cellular Molecular Basis for Medical Physiology | 1 |
Central Peripheral Neurophysiology | 157 |
Endocrine Reproductive Physiology | 297 |
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