Principles of Renal Physiology

1. Front Matter

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2. The body fluids

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   Pages 1-19

3. Essential anatomy of the kidney

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   Pages 20-33

4. Glomerular filtration

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   Pages 34-46

5. Tubular transport

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   Pages 47-52

6. The proximal tubule

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   Pages 53-69

7. The loop of Henle, distal tubule and collecting duct

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   Pages 70-85

8. Renal blood flow and glomerular filtration rate

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   Pages 86-95

9. Regulation of body fluid osmolality

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   Pages 96-107

10. Regulation of body fluid volume

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    Pages 108-123

11. Renal regulation of body fluid pH

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    Pages 124-142

12. Renal control of body fluid potassium content

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    Pages 143-149

13. Renal regulation of body calcium, magnesium and phosphate

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    Pages 150-160

14. Summary of the principal reabsorptive and secretory processes in the nephron segments

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    Pages 161-165

15. Disease conditions which alter renal sodium and water reabsorption

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    Pages 166-182

16. Use of diuretics

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    Pages 183-188

17. Back Matter

    Pages 189-203

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The first edition of this book appeared in 1982. In the preface to that first edi­ tion, I wrote 'This book is based on the lecture course in renal physiology which I give to medical students at the University of Birmingham. The pur­ pose of the book is primarily to set out the principles of renal physiology for preclinical medical students, and it is therefore concerned mainly with normal renal function. However, diseases or abnormalities in other body systems may lead to adaptations or modifications of renal function, so that a good knowl­ edge of renal physiology is essential to the understanding of many disease states, for example the oedema of heart failure or liver disease, or the conse­ quences of haemorrhage and shock. ' The new edition is still based on the lec­ tures which I continue to give at Birmingham University, but over the years the course has gradually changed, to being a system based course covering all aspects of the kidney - the anatomy, physiology, pharmacology and pathology. The new edition of the book, which has been extensively revised and rewritten, reflects this. However, it continues to offer a concise, easily readable format, primarily intended for undergraduate medical and medical science students.

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about a previous edition:
`This is a well written, compact physiology text on the functions of the kidney ... The author has carefully selected the relevant topics and and provided the student with an up-to-date and well-balanced analysis of basic functions of the nephron, as well as a concise survey of the major regulatory mechanisms of salt and water homeostasis ... The book is lucidly written and well-illustrated and should serve as a valuable introductory text for physiology students.'
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Physiology
`The students of physiology at the University of Birmingham Medical School ... are very lucky if their class teaching is as good as this paperback.'
British Book News
`Presents clearly and concisely the principles of renal physiology at a level eminently suitable to the needs of the preclinical medical student ... confidently recommended.'
New Zeland Medical Journal

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