regulation by hepcidin; circadian rhythms and carbohydrate absorption in the small intestine. There are also new feature boxes on Alzheimer's disease, deep vein thrombosis, the Donnan effect, the stages of labour and the classification of heart failure, and new sections on autonomic failure, the renal handling of uric acid and multiple organ failure. Readership: Undergraduate medical and dental students. Students of physiology or human biology, preclinical, pharmacology and physiotherapy students will also find this book useful. The secondary markets include those studying nursing, sports science, health and exercise sciences, nutrition, chiropractice, osteopathy. This book is also supplementary reading for applied biology students with a human interest and medical pharmacologists. 1: What is physiology? 2: The chemical constitution of the body 3: Introducing cells 4: The transport functions of the plasma membrane 5: Principles of cell signaling 6: Nerve cells and their connections 7: Muscle 8: Sensory systems 9: The physiology of motor systems 10: The autonomic nervous system 11: Some aspects of higher nervous function 12: The hormonal regulation of the body 13: The properties of blood 14: Defense against infection: inflammation and immunity 15: The heart and circulation 16: The respiratory system 17: The kidney and the regulation of the internal environment 18: The digestive system 19: The nutritional needs of the body 20: The physiology of the male and female productive systems 21: Fertilization, pregnancy and lactation 22: Fetal and neonatal physiology 23: The control of growth 24: Energy balance and the control of metabolic rate 25: The