Physiology is the study of normal function within living creatures. It is a sub-section of biology, covering a range of topics thatinclude organs, anatomy, cells, biological compounds, and how they all interact to make life possible. This book is a concise,clinically oriented overview of physiology. This book offers a succinct yet thorough overview of physiology along with anintroduction to basic science principles and their relevance to the clinical expression of disease. The book reflects medicaleducation's increased emphasis on providing students with more clinically oriented content during their years of medicalschool and the importance of the essential concepts of pathophysiology. Focused and clearly written, this book details themajor physiological processes involved in both health and disease. Most chapters also include Clinical Correlations thatreinforce the major physiological principles covered and illustrate their importance to understanding disease states. Thechapters have been written by the renowned and internationally established physiologists. This book grasps and keeps vitalinformation, succinct text, and dynamic illustrations that facilitate learning in a highly visual approach.