Having gained the respect of the scientific community for its comprehensive approach, the popular book BERNE & LEVY Physiology in the highly anticipated 7th edition continues the tradition of excellence.

With comprehensive coverage of biophysics and neurophysiology, with crucial experimental observations and examples, as well as colorful illustrations, this edition is exactly what one needs for a thorough understanding of the complex field of physiology.

The book's approach is organ system-based, which serves the reading, as it clearly describes all the mechanisms that regulate the functions of the organism.
The new edition includes an increased number of "Clinical Level" and "Cellular Level" frames, more extensive coverage of the gut and lung microbiota, the interstitial system, the hypothalamus and control of food intake, cardiac and vascular function curves during exercise, new aspects of lipid absorption, gastrointestinal and metabolic effects of bariatric surgery, the role of endogenous lymphoid cells in respiratory defense, molecular mechanisms in normal and pathological muscle contraction, age-related changes in arterial pulse and ankle-brachial index, regulation of the blood-brain barrier and cerebral blood flow, regulation of phosphoric acid, and the mechanism of action of thyroid hormone.

Written by experts trained in the sciences and medicine, it is a book that comes to complement the medical literature; an excellent study guide and an outstanding reference book.