SECTION h CELLULAR PHYSIOLOGY Howard C Kutchai 1 Cellular Membranes and Transmembrane Transport of Solutes and Water 2 Ionic Equilibria and Resting Membrane Potentials 3 Generation and Conduction of Action Potentials 4 Synaptic Transmission 5 Membrane Receptors, Second Messengers, and Signal Transduction Pathways SECTION II: THE NERVOUS SYSTEM William D. Willis, Jr. 6 The Nervous System: Its Peripheral and Central Components 7 The Somatosensory System 8 The Special Senses 9 Organization of Motor Function 10 Higher Functions of the Nervous System 11 The Autonomic Nervous System and Its Central Control SECTION I!1: MUSCLE J. Watras 12 Skeletal Muscle Physiology 13 Smooth Muscle Physiology SECTION IV: THE CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM Matthew N. Levy 14 Overview of the Heart, Blood Vessels, and Blood 15 Electrical Activity of the Heart 16 The Cardiac Pump 17 Regulation of the Heartbeat 18 Hemodynamics 19 The Arterial System 20 The Microcirculation and Lymphatics 21 Peripheral Circulation and its Control 22 Coupling of the Heart and Blood Vessels 23 Special Circulations 24 Interplay of Central and Peripheral Factors SECTION V: THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM Michelle Cloutier 25 Structure and Function of the Respiratory System 26 Mechanical Properties of the Lung and Chest Wall: Static and Dynamic 27 Ventilation (V), Perfusion (Q), and V/(Q) Relationships 28 Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Transport 29 Control of Respiration 30 Nonrespiratory Functions of the Lung ……