This is an integrated textbook on the digestive system, covering the anatomy, physiology and biochemistry of the system, all presented in a clinically relevant context appropriate for the first two years of the medical student course.
1. Cover image - p. 1 2. Table of Contents - p. 2 3. Front-matter - p. 3 4. Copyright - p. 4 5. PREFACE - p. 5 6. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS - p. 6 7. 1. OVERVIEW OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM - p. 7 8. 2. THE MOUTH, SALIVARY GLANDS AND OESOPHAGUS - p. 18 9. 3. THE STOMACH - p. 31 10. 4. THE STOMACH - p. 39 11. 5. PANCREAS - p. 52 12. 6. LIVER AND BILIARY SYSTEM - p. 61 13. 7. THE SMALL INTESTINE - p. 75 14. 8. DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION - p. 89 15. 9. THE ABSORPTIVE AND POST-ABSORPTIVE STATES - p. 105 16. 10. THE COLON - p. 116 17. 11. GASTROINTESTINAL PATHOLOGY - p. 124 18. GLOSSARY - p. 138 19. Index - p. 141
This is an integrated textbook on the digestive system, covering the anatomy, physiology and biochemistry of the system, all presented in a clinically relevant context appropriate for the first two years of the medical student course.
1. Cover image - p. 1 2. Table of Contents - p. 2 3. Front-matter - p. 3 4. Copyright - p. 4 5. PREFACE - p. 5 6. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS - p. 6 7. 1. OVERVIEW OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM - p. 7 8. 2. THE MOUTH, SALIVARY GLANDS AND OESOPHAGUS - p. 18 9. 3. THE STOMACH - p. 31 10. 4. THE STOMACH - p. 39 11. 5. PANCREAS - p. 52 12. 6. LIVER AND BILIARY SYSTEM - p. 61 13. 7. THE SMALL INTESTINE - p. 75 14. 8. DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION - p. 89 15. 9. THE ABSORPTIVE AND POST-ABSORPTIVE STATES - p. 105 16. 10. THE COLON - p. 116 17. 11. GASTROINTESTINAL PATHOLOGY - p. 124 18. GLOSSARY - p. 138 19. Index - p. 141
