John E. Hall, PhD, an Elsevier Author, is the Arthur C. Guyton Professor and Chair of Physiology and Biophysics, Associate Vice Chancellor of Research, and former Director of the Center of Excellence in Cardiovascular-Renal Research at the University of Mississippi Medical Center.
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This is a great physiology textbook! I'm a little over 100 pages in and thought I would leave my thoughts and findings so far. The full online version of the book and resources are included for free! Sixteen video animations, multiple choice questions on each unit of the book, and 25 enhanced images where you can quickly hide the labels, quiz yourself, and then click to see the correct label are all part of the online version resources. There are no quizzes or questions at the end of each unit in the physical print edition (I think the Guyton and Hall Physiology Review 3e is geared toward this aspect). The general layout of the textbook is two columns of text per page with many figures and tables interwoven. The font of the text is clear and easy to read. The text guides you through the figures and explains them well as it is teaching the subject making for a far better learning experience than others where they just have a description underneath the figure (in this textbook there is also a very brief description under the figure but mainly is described in the main part as you are reading). There are mini bibliographies at the end of each unit allowing you to know where you might start to further dive into that topic and read some of the current research papers. Modern research and findings have been seamlessly incorporated. An index is included at the back of this book, but there is no glossary.
Here is the general outline (15 units broken down into 85 chapters):
Unit 1 - Introduction to Physiology: The Cell and General Physiology
Unit 2 - Membrane Physiology, Nerve, and Muscle
Unit 3 - The Heart
Unit 4 - The Circulation
Unit 5 - The Body Fluids and Kidneys
Unit 6 - Blood Cells, Immunity, and Blood Coagulation
Unit 7 - Respiration
Unit 8 - Aviation, Space, and Deep-Sea Diving Physiology
Unit 9 - The Nervous System: A. General Principles and Sensory Physiology
Unit 10 - The Nervous System: B. The Special Senses
Unit 11 - The Nervous System: C. Motor and Integrative Neurophysiology
Unit 12 - Gastrointestinal Physiology
Unit 13 - Metabolism and Temperature Regulation
Unit 14 - Endocrinology and Reproduction
Unit 15 - Sports Physiology
My mom kept asking me for birthday gift ideas and when I mention a textbook she says “well that doesn’t sound like a fun gift.” She eventually just sent me a gift card for amazon and this was my birthday present that I picked- (vitamins being the other.) I guess it could seem lame but I have to stay smart and healthy working in the ER so I can take care of the interesting people in this world. I bought the pocket guide to this text a while back at a used book store. The pocket guide refers to the text often if the reader is seeking more detail on the subject. I liked it so much I bought a textbook I don’t even need so I could read more. I am a nurse and this is a book for MED students but patho is patho. I am a firm believer that a solid understanding of the pathophysiology is necessary to truly comprehend why you’re providing the care you are for a patient. It also helps to be able to teach your patients. I started reading about alcoholism and pancreatitis and I was hooked ! Maybe now that I can take time to asorb the material (and not cramming and memorizing for an exam) I am enjoying learning a bit more. I was very happy to find this book and I will continue to refer to it. Study to save lives ! I would recommend this as well as the pocket guide. Bookshelf staple :)
This was the text we used in medical school some 28 years ago for our physiology classes. Call me a nerd, but I thoroughly enjoyed reading this beautiful book, which explains so much about the function of the human body in such an approachable and interesting manner. Although I studied it to learn critical information and to prepare for tests, I also read Guyton's just for the sheer joy of acquiring knowledge. Feeling the need to brush up on my understanding of physiology after so many years, I bought this updated version of Guyton's and started reading. The book is still as approachable and easy to follow now as it was in 1990, and the old joy of learning for learning's sake is back. I highly recommend this book for all medical professionals treating patients in every medical discipline. The information is timeless and essential, and is written to be easily understood by virtually any medical professional.
I used this book as a first year medical school student. It was great! It contains a lot of information so it is difficult to read everything during the ridiculously paced medical school curriculum. However, if you really want to understand the concepts and not just memorize facts, this book is the one to use. Costanzo is ok. But I frequently found myself reading Costanzo to try to save time, but in the end I had to come back to Guyton because it did a better job of explaining the details.
While everyone thinks Guyton is very lengthy and very annoying, it’s my favorite textbook. At least I understand what I’m reading/studying. I’m a slow learner and Guyton shows such motherly affection, teaching everything in a slow, understandable fashion. It uses easy words and is quite repetitive which means the concepts get pretty much carved into your minds. It’s very time consuming though
Without an intimate knowledge of all aspects of physiology, disease mechanisms can never be fully understood and pharmacology becomes rote memorization, rather than the art of fine tuning the target system back to its normal physiologic state. Without physiology there is no medicine.
Guyton's textbook is an extremely important tool in understanding physiology.
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