Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the second edition
- Preface to the first edition
- How to use this book
- 1 Introduction to physiological calculation: approximation and units
- 2 Quantifying the body: interrelationships amongst ‘representative’ or ‘textbook’ quantities
- 3 Energy and metabolism
- 4 The cardiovascular system
- 5 Respiration
- 6 Renal function
- 7 Body fluids
- 8 Acid–base balance
- 9 Nerve and muscle
- Appendix A Some useful quantities
- Appendix B Exponents and logarithms
- References
- Notes and Answers
- Index
Appendix A - Some useful quantities
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 July 2010
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface to the second edition
- Preface to the first edition
- How to use this book
- 1 Introduction to physiological calculation: approximation and units
- 2 Quantifying the body: interrelationships amongst ‘representative’ or ‘textbook’ quantities
- 3 Energy and metabolism
- 4 The cardiovascular system
- 5 Respiration
- 6 Renal function
- 7 Body fluids
- 8 Acid–base balance
- 9 Nerve and muscle
- Appendix A Some useful quantities
- Appendix B Exponents and logarithms
- References
- Notes and Answers
- Index
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- Physiology by NumbersAn Encouragement to Quantitative Thinking, pp. 198 - 199Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2000