Section VI: Respiration Chapter 1: Lung Mechanics...,,,.....,.. Chapter 2: Alveolar-Blood Gas Exchange 255 Chapter 3: Transport of o, and CO and the Regulation of Respiration Chapter 4: Four Causes of Hypoxemia Section VII: Renal Physiology Chapter 1: Renal Processes 303 Chapter 2: Clearance Chapter 3: Regional Transport .............. 325 Section VIll: Acid-Base Disturbances ion IX: Endocrinology Chapter 1: Mechanisms of Hormone Action 375 Chapter 2: The Hypothalamic-Anterior Pituitary System Chapter 3: Adrenal Hormones.,...... Chapter 4: Antidiuretic Hormone(ADH)and Regulation of Osmolarity and Extracellular Fluid(ECF) 405 Chapter 5: The Endocrine Pancreas Chapter 6: Growth Hormone Chapter 7: Adrenal Medulla 429 Chapter 8: Hormonal Control of Calcium and Phosphate Chapter 9: Thyroid Hormones Chapter 10: Male Reproductive System 457 Chapter 11: Female Reproductive System 467 Section X: Gastrointestinal Physiology vi medical? SectionVI: Respiration Chapter 1: Lung Mechanics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 233 Chapter 2: Alveolar-Blood GasExchange.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 255 Chapter 3: Transport of °2 and CO2 and the Regulation of Respiration. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 261 Chapter 4: Four Causes of Hypoxemia. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 275 Section VII: Renal Physiology Chapter 1: Renal Processes. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 303 Chapter 2: Clearance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 319 Chapter 3: RegionalTransport. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 325 Section VIII: Acid-Base Disturbances. . . . . ,.. ..,. 359 Section IX: Endocrinology Chapter 1: Mechanismsof HormoneAction. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 375 Chapter 2: The Hypothalamic-AnteriorPituitarySystem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 379 Chapter 3: Adrenal Hormones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 383 Chapter 4: AntidiureticHormone(ADH) and Regulation of OsmolarityandExtracellularFluid(ECF) 405 Chapter 5: The Endocrine Pancreas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .411 Chapter 6: Growth Hormone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 423 Chapter 7: Adrenal Medulla. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 429 Chapter 8: HormonalControlof Calciumand Phosphate. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 433 Chapter 9: Thyroid Hormones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 443 Chapter 10: Male ReproductiveSystem. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 457 Chapter 11: Female Reproductive System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 467 Section X: Gastrointestinal Physiology. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 505 vi KAPLAN d ' . me Ica I