Color Atlas of Physiology (Basic Sciences (Thieme))

Now in its sixth edition, Color Atlas of Physiology covers the entire subject of human physiology and brilliantly reviews everything medical students need to know to pass their pre-clinical physiology exams. Sections include the nerves and muscles, blood, respiration, the cardiovascular system, digestion, and reproduction. Providing a concise review of each thematic unit, the popular and proven layout of the book's double-page spreads with color illustrations and accompanying text allows for speedy comprehension and recall of key concepts. This new edition includes recent scientific developments, especially regarding the successful application of molecular biology and gene technology concepts to physiology. It also takes into account the latest research on brain function.

Innovative features in this edition:

Completely new material on thirst and regulation of salt and water balance, consciousness and sleep, and molecular mechanisms of long-term potentiation
Incorporation of the latest findings in areas such as body-weight regulation, memory, the sleep-wake cycle, iron metabolism, blood coagulation, and sound transduction
Visual highlighting of clinically relevant and pathophysiologic information, and clinical key words on every page

In its time-tested compact, and user-friendly format, Color Atlas of Physiology, Sixth edition, as an invaluable and ideal study guide and reference for medical students preparing for their examination in physiology.

Customer Reviews:

Simply the best physiology handbook ever published

By Francesco M. Botre' - January 18, 2000

This pocket manual is an envaluable reference tool. All experimental physiologists, biochemists and pharmacologists should own a copy of this color atlas. It is extremely well illustrated, clear and simple, but at the same way complete and deep in summarizing every aspect of human physiology. I can not recall any other full size book that is comparable to is one for the huge amount of information, written and illustrated. More precisely, there is no equivalent to this book in any other branches of biomedical sciences. We hope that the booklet will be periodically updated, also to honor the memory of its main author and revisor, Professor A. Despopoulos.

Can't live without it.

By Dan P. Murphy - May 29, 2006

This and it's companion book on Pathophysiology are the best investments I have made since entering medical school. The illustrations are great (and the diagrams set a standard that neither Guyton or Boron and Boulep can match) , but it's Silbernagl's presentation that makes them so amazing. I'm constantly finding new layers of information that I missed even after 4 or 5 passes. Buy Boron for this year's theories and break throughs, but this is the book you will be returning to.

state-of-the-art

By jj gittes - November 26, 2004

What makes this book a state-of-the-art is not its content, but the manner in which it's presented. Each subject only occupies one page of text, & opposite is a page for illustrations. But it's not the illustrations that explains the text, but rather the text that explains the illustrations (a method created by Leonardo da Vinci). This not only helps in recalling of the subject, but also helps in sustaining an interest in it. An ingenious beautiful book.