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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807865703321

Titolo

Gastrointestinal anatomy and physiology : the essentials / / edited by John F. Reinus, Douglas Simon ; cover design by Garth Stewart

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Chichester, England : , : Wiley, , 2014

©2014

ISBN

1-118-83307-4

1-118-83300-7

1-118-83305-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource

Altri autori (Persone)

ReinusJohn

SimonDouglas <1956->

StewartGarth

Disciplina

591.1

Soggetti

Digestive organs

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Nota di contenuto

Structure and innervation of hollow viscera / Laura D. Wood and Elizabeth A. Montgomery -- Gastrointestinal hormones in the regulation of gut function in health and disease / John Del Valle -- Gastrointestinal motility / Ikuo Hirano and Darren Brenner -- Gastrointestinal immunology and ecology / Shehzad Z. Sheikh and Scott E. Plevy -- Gastric physiology / Mitchell L. Schubert -- Structure and function of the exocrine pancreas / James H. Grendell -- Absorption and secretion of fluid and electrolytes / Lawrence R. Schiller -- Absorption of nutrients / Lawrence R. Schiller -- Hepatic structure and function / Michelle T. Long and Lawrence S. Friedman -- The splanchnic circulation / Peter R. Kvietys and D. Neil Granger -- Composition and circulation of the bile / Allan W. Wolkoff -- Bilirubin metabolism / Allan W. Wolkoff.