Instant Notes in Human Physiology will be valuable to students in whatever context they are studying physiology. It explains fundamental concepts and the major physiological systems, showing how they are integrated, without overloading the reader with information. key selling features: Explains physiology in the light of advances in molecular biology and cellular biology. Shows how the major physiological systems are integrated. Approaches physiology from the view that the purpose of life is to reproduce.

Covering the major physiological systems and their integration, providing an overview of human physiology, this work approaches the study of human physiology from the view that our purpose, in common with all other species, is to reproduce. It describes fundamental physiological concepts, followed by non-reproductive functions.