Tissues and Organs. Hierarchical and Functional Integration

Content: 
Some related Pergamon titles, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
Preface, Pages xiii-xxii
Foreword to Volume II, Pages xxiii-xxiv
Introduction to The Cell and its Environment, Page 1
Introduction to Part I, Page 3
1 - Cell Membrane Structure, Pages 5-10
2 - Thermodynamic Theory of Membrane Transport, Pages 11-33
3 - Molecular Mechanisms of Membrane Transport: Generalised Equations, Pages 35-81
4 - Theory of Cell Excitability, Pages 83-100
5 - The Functional Role of Membranes: Some Aspects, Pages 101-113
Introduction to Mechanisms of Physiological Functions, Pages 117-118
Introduction to Part II, Page 117
6 - The Metabolic System: Energy Metabolism, Digestion and Muscle Contraction, Pages 119-201
7 - The Respiratory System, Pages 203-287
8 - The Cardiovascular System, Pages 289-395
9 - The Renal System, Pages 397-438
10 - Integrative Concepts in Functional Biology: Non-Symmetry, Non-Locality and Structural Discontinuity, Pages 439-471
Conclusion to Volume II: Unity at the Organ Level, Pages 473-475
Appendix A - Fundamental Equations of Fluid Flow, Pages 477-480
Appendix B - Tensors, Pages 480-488
Appendix C - Systems with Special Coordinates. Equations of Fluid Dynamics, Pages 488-492
Table of Constants, Notations and Units, Pages 493-500
Bibliography, Pages 501-519
Index to Volume II, Pages 521-530