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Contributors xx <p>Acknowledgements xxiii</p> <p>Copyright acknowledgements xxiv</p> <p>Introduction xxv</p> <p>Chapter 1 Basic scientific principles of physiology 1<br /><i>Peter S Vickers</i></p> <p>Chapter 2 Cells: cellular compartment, transport system, fluid movements 32<br /><i>Muralitharan Nair</i></p> <p>Chapter 3 The immune system 62<br /><i>Peter S Vickers</i></p> <p>Chapter 4 Tissue 102<br /><i>Anthony Wheeldon</i></p> <p>Chapter 5 The skin 130<br /><i>Ian Peate</i></p> <p>Chapter 6 The nervous system 154<br /><i>Louise McErlean and Janet G Migliozzi</i></p> <p>Chapter 7 The endocrine system 190<br /><i>Carl Clare</i></p> <p>Chapter 8 The skeletal system 224<br /><i>Ian Peate</i></p> <p>Chapter 9 The muscular system 258<br /><i>Janet G Migliozzi</i></p> <p>Chapter 10 The cardiac system 294<br /><i>Carl Clare</i></p> <p>Chapter 11 The respiratory system 328<br /><i>Anthony Wheeldon</i></p> <p>Chapter 12 The circulatory system 366<br /><i>Muralitharan Nair</i></p> <p>Chapter 13 The digestive system and nutrition 406<br /><i>Louise McErlean</i></p> <p>Chapter 14 The renal system 446<br /><i>Muralitharan Nair</i></p> <p>Chapter 15 The reproductive systems 476<br /><i>Ian Peate</i></p> <p>Chapter 16 The special senses 510<br /><i>Carl Clare</i></p> <p>Chapter 17 Genetics 550<br /><i>Peter S Vickers</i></p> <p>Index 585</p> <p>www.wiley.com/go/peate</p>

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<b>Ian Peate</b> is Head of the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Healthcare at Thames Valley University <p><b>Muralitharan Nair</b> is Senior Lecturer in the School of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work, University of Hertfordshire</p>

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