Chapter 4 Diseases and Conditions of the Endocrine System Chapter Outline ORDERLY FUNCTION OF THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM PITUITARY GLAND DISEASES Hyperpituitarism Gigantism Acromegaly Hypopituitarism Dwarfism Diabetes Insipidus THYROID GLAND DISEASES…
Chapter 11 Diseases and Conditions of the Urinary System Chapter Outline ORDERLY FUNCTION OF THE URINARY SYSTEM ACUTE GLOMERULONEPHRITIS CHRONIC GLOMERULONEPHRITIS NEPHROTIC SYNDROME (NEPHROSIS) ACUTE RENAL FAILURE CHRONIC RENAL FAILURE…
Chapter 1 Mechanisms of Disease, Diagnosis, and Treatment Chapter Outline PATHOLOGY AT FIRST GLANCE MECHANISMS OF DISEASE PREDISPOSING FACTORS INFLAMMATION AND REPAIR INFECTION GENETIC DISEASES GENETIC COUNSELING CANCER IMMUNE DISORDERS…
Chapter Two Natural philosophy CHAPTER CONTENTS Check your existing knowledge 27 Introduction 28 Velocity, angular velocity and acceleration 30 Mass and momentum 31 Force 32 Newton’s laws and equations of…
Chapter Six Atomic structure CHAPTER CONTENTS Check your existing knowledge 125 Atomic theory 126 The Thompson atom 127 The Rutherford atom 127 Isotopes 129 Intra-atomic forces 131 Wave theory 133…
Chapter Three Applied physics CHAPTER CONTENTS Check your existing knowledge 49 Levers, beams and moments 50 First order lever 51 Second order lever 52 Third order lever 52 Muscle action…
Chapter One The tools of the trade CHAPTER CONTENTS Check your existing knowledge 1 Weights and measures 2 Numbers 2 Scientific notation 3 Units 4 Vectors and scalars 7 Algebra…
Chapter 9 Diagnostic imaging Introduction 203 The x-ray machine 204 Thermionic emission 204 Electron production 205 Electron energy 206 Production of x-rays 207 Quantity of x-rays 209 Quality of x-ray…
Chapter Seven Electricity and magnetism CHAPTER CONTENTS Check your existing knowledge 151 Introduction 152 Electromagnetism 153 Electrostatics 154 Electric potential 155 Conductors and insulators 156 Superconductors 156 Conductors 156 Insulators…
Chapter Four The anatomy of physics CHAPTER CONTENTS check your existing knowledge 71 The classification of joints 72 Fibrous joints 74 Sutures 74 Syndesmosis 75 Cartilaginous joints 76 Primary cartilaginous…
