Quantitative Human Physiology: An Introduction

by Cornell University Feher Ph.D.

Overview

Quantitative Human Physiology: An Introduction, Third Edition, winner of a 2018 Textbook Excellence Award (Texty), is the first text to meet the needs of the undergraduate bioengineering student who is being exposed to physiology for the first time but requires a more analytical/quantitative approach. This book explores how component behavior produces system behavior in physiological systems. Through text explanation, figures, and equations, it provides the engineering student with a basic understanding of physiological principles, with an emphasis on quantitative aspects. The third edition has been revised with more and expanded problem sets and improved illustrations.

- Features a quantitative approach that includes physical and chemical principles

- Provides a more integrated approach from first principles, integrating anatomy, molecular biology, biochemistry, and physiology

- Includes clinical applications relevant to the biomedical engineering student (TENS, cochlear implants, blood substitutes, etc.)

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780128204825
Publisher:	Elsevier Science & Technology Books
Publication date:	08/03/2025
Series:	Biomedical Engineering
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	1008
File size:	231 MB
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About the Author

Dr. Joseph Feher is Professor Emeritus of Physiology and Biophysics at Virginia Commonwealth University. He received his Ph.D. from Cornell University, and has research interests in the quantitative understanding of the mechanisms of calcium uptake and release by the cardiac sarcoplasmic reticulum, in the mechanisms of calcium transport across the intestine, and in muscle contraction and relaxation. Dr. Feher developed a course in Introductory Quantitative Physiology for VCU's College of Engineering, Department of Biomedical Engineering and has taught that course for over fifteen years. He also has taught muscle and cell physiology to medical and graduate students and has been Course Director for the Graduate Physiology survey course in physiology given at VCU's School of Medicine.

Table of Contents

1. Physical and Chemical Foundations of Physiology2. Membranes, Transport, and Metabolism3. Physiology of Excitable Cells4. The Nervous System5. The Cardiovascular System6. Respiratory Physiology7. Renal Physiology8. Gastrointestinal Physiology9. Endocrine Physiology10. The Integument and Integrated Physiology

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

This text provides the engineering student with a basic understanding of physiological principles with an emphasis on quantitative aspects. It teaches the language of physiology, both qualitative and quantitative, and highlights how component behavior affects system behavior

Editorial Reviews

".. in terms of what is out there this book provides the best mix I have seen thus far of balancing the two aspects of "quantitative" "physiology" —Professor Sean Collins at University of Massachusetts - Lowell

"It would be quite useful for engineers who want to ply their trade in the physiological sciences..... I have been looking for this kind of book for a long time. I am going to show it also to more of my mathematical colleagues. I am still evaluating it and reading it myself-but I love the approach. The author needs to be congratulated for a masterpiece of a work." —Professor Lawrence Basso, MD, Stanford University

"This book is long-overdue for combined teaching of a course that moves from cellular to systems physiology that truly integrates the quantitation with the physiology. It is an extremely easily read book that covers all aspects of physiology, from the mathematical concepts that underlie how human physiology functions to medically-related diseases and conditions, as well as current medical treatments. I plan to utilize this book for upper level undergraduate biomedical engineering students in sensory and quantitative physiology, as well as for advanced graduate students in a pharmacological and physiological PhD program in medical school, with appropriate emphasis from the book for each student group according to their needs and abilities." —Amy B. Harkins, Associate Professor, Saint Louis University

"Complements to Dr. Feher, the book is excellent and the students are benefiting." —Dr. David Reinkensmeyer, University of California, Irvine

From the Publisher