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賮蹖夭蹖賵賱賵跇蹖 倬夭卮讴蹖 诏丕蹖鬲賵賳 / 賴丕賱
Physiology's classic text continues to uphold its rich traditionpresenting key physiology concepts in a remarkably clear and engaging manner. Guyton & Hall's Textbook of Medical Physiology covers all of the major systems in the human body, while emphasizing system interaction, homeostasis, and pathophysiology. This very readable, easy-to-follow, and thoroughly updated, 11th Edition features a new full-color layout, short chapters, clinical vignettes, and shaded summary tables that allow for easy comprehension of the material.
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March 26, 2011
An excellent textbook for STUDY not REVIEW. This is not the book to read two days before an examination. It is far too in depth for that. Where Review Of Medical Physiology explains a topic in two pages - Guyton and Hall explain it in twenty.
This is the book to use DURING the course to gain a THOROUGH understanding. When end of course examinations come around, you can look back to check on stuff. But another text might be more apt. Expect to do a lot of highlighting in order to filter out extraneous material. Other than that - an excellent book!
This is the book to use DURING the course to gain a THOROUGH understanding. When end of course examinations come around, you can look back to check on stuff. But another text might be more apt. Expect to do a lot of highlighting in order to filter out extraneous material. Other than that - an excellent book!
February 18, 2020
disclosure, i didn't read the whole book, just the first few chapters and then the nervous system chapters, which are great! The book is extremely detailed for those who want to be informed about the nervous system's physiology. It is not great on anatomy or cognitive neuroscience, but in doing what it advocates to do, it does a splendid job,
April 22, 2025
丿賵 爻丕賱 爻乇卮 毓賯賱賲賵 丕夭 丿爻鬲 丿丕丿賲 (賴賲 丕夭 賳賵毓 禺賵亘 賵 賴賲 亘丿) 賵 蹖噩賵乇丕蹖蹖 亘丕賵乇賲 賳賲蹖卮賴 亘丕賱丕禺乇賴 賴賲卮賵 禺賵賳丿賲
13th edition
13th edition
November 29, 2023
Textbook of medical physiology, Arthur C. Guyton, 1986, ISBN 0721612601
鈥淭reatment of obesity depends simply on decreasing energy input below energy expenditure.鈥� (p. 866)
This is a dangerous falsehood.
When you lose weight by eating less than you burn, the weight you lose is muscle.
It is muscle that burns calories 24/7, just by being there.
Your body is very good at keeping you alive. When you aren鈥檛 eating enough to maintain your body tissues, your body knows it is starving. Your body consumes its muscle first, to keep you from spending any more calories than necessary. You also, when you consume very little food, immediately feel like doing nothing physical. If you keep up a starvation regime for significant time, you train your body to be very still鈥攖o conserve every calorie.
It is essential, when losing weight, to vigorously work all your muscles every day. That is the only way to preserve muscle and burn fat.
This is pretty basic physiology.
That physicians are teaching each other, and their patients, these damaging lies, is criminal.
What very fat people have in common is their complete stillness. They got this by doing as doctors said: eat less. The ones who got the fattest are the ones who had the most amazing willpower, to keep to the diet so long they lost massive amounts of weight鈥攎ostly muscle. And trained their bodies Not. To. Twitch. And, with so few calories coming in, adopted the most extremely sedentary habits.
Success: starvation works. Weight is down. Congratulations. Now you have minimal muscle, you don鈥檛 fidget, you don鈥檛 twitch, and your body has been screaming at you for a long time, 鈥淚鈥檓 starving! I鈥檓 hungry!鈥� You finally have to pay attention. You eat. Restore the tissues. Now the muscle is gone, what you eat you don鈥檛 burn. Now you鈥檝e trained your body not to twitch, you burn very few calories. Now you鈥檝e lost the habit of regular physical activity, you鈥檙e eating again finally, you gain fat.
Satiety is another casualty of following medical advice. Your body is very good at matching how much it tells you it needs to eat, to how much energy you burn鈥攐ver a wide range of levels of activity. Only at the most sedentary level鈥攚here your body tells itself, 鈥淥K! We aren鈥檛 walking much now! Now鈥檚 our chance to put on fat for the lean times ahead!鈥� And at the most physically exhausting level鈥攚here your body says, 鈥淵ou tapped me out. I don鈥檛 have strength even to eat much right now. Let me rest.鈥� Only at these extremes does your appetite not match your energy needs. You can, deliberately, eat a different amount than your body tells you it needs鈥攁t least for a while. But a starvation diet will increase appetite and destroy your ability to burn much fuel.
The advice the medical profession has been, and still is, teaching itself and its patients, is criminal.
Gary Taubes, in /Good Calories, Bad Calories/, explains that eating carbohydrates floods the bloodstream with insulin, which whisks all the fats in your blood into fat cells, and tells the body's cells not to burn fat. Only by abstaining from carbohydrates can we release fatty acids from fat cells, and burn them for fuel. /review/show...
鈥淭reatment of obesity depends simply on decreasing energy input below energy expenditure.鈥� (p. 866)
This is a dangerous falsehood.
When you lose weight by eating less than you burn, the weight you lose is muscle.
It is muscle that burns calories 24/7, just by being there.
Your body is very good at keeping you alive. When you aren鈥檛 eating enough to maintain your body tissues, your body knows it is starving. Your body consumes its muscle first, to keep you from spending any more calories than necessary. You also, when you consume very little food, immediately feel like doing nothing physical. If you keep up a starvation regime for significant time, you train your body to be very still鈥攖o conserve every calorie.
It is essential, when losing weight, to vigorously work all your muscles every day. That is the only way to preserve muscle and burn fat.
This is pretty basic physiology.
That physicians are teaching each other, and their patients, these damaging lies, is criminal.
What very fat people have in common is their complete stillness. They got this by doing as doctors said: eat less. The ones who got the fattest are the ones who had the most amazing willpower, to keep to the diet so long they lost massive amounts of weight鈥攎ostly muscle. And trained their bodies Not. To. Twitch. And, with so few calories coming in, adopted the most extremely sedentary habits.
Success: starvation works. Weight is down. Congratulations. Now you have minimal muscle, you don鈥檛 fidget, you don鈥檛 twitch, and your body has been screaming at you for a long time, 鈥淚鈥檓 starving! I鈥檓 hungry!鈥� You finally have to pay attention. You eat. Restore the tissues. Now the muscle is gone, what you eat you don鈥檛 burn. Now you鈥檝e trained your body not to twitch, you burn very few calories. Now you鈥檝e lost the habit of regular physical activity, you鈥檙e eating again finally, you gain fat.
Satiety is another casualty of following medical advice. Your body is very good at matching how much it tells you it needs to eat, to how much energy you burn鈥攐ver a wide range of levels of activity. Only at the most sedentary level鈥攚here your body tells itself, 鈥淥K! We aren鈥檛 walking much now! Now鈥檚 our chance to put on fat for the lean times ahead!鈥� And at the most physically exhausting level鈥攚here your body says, 鈥淵ou tapped me out. I don鈥檛 have strength even to eat much right now. Let me rest.鈥� Only at these extremes does your appetite not match your energy needs. You can, deliberately, eat a different amount than your body tells you it needs鈥攁t least for a while. But a starvation diet will increase appetite and destroy your ability to burn much fuel.
The advice the medical profession has been, and still is, teaching itself and its patients, is criminal.
Gary Taubes, in /Good Calories, Bad Calories/, explains that eating carbohydrates floods the bloodstream with insulin, which whisks all the fats in your blood into fat cells, and tells the body's cells not to burn fat. Only by abstaining from carbohydrates can we release fatty acids from fat cells, and burn them for fuel. /review/show...
January 2, 2020
賵 兀禺賷乇丕賸 禺賱氐!
乇賮賷賯賷 丕賱孬賯賷賱 胤賵丕賱 賮氐賱 丿乇丕爻賷貙 賵夭賳賴 賷夭賷丿 毓賳 禺賲爻丞 賰賷賱賵!
賲丕 夭丕賱鬲 賷丿賷 鬲丐賱賲賳賷 賱丨賲賱賴 賲毓賷 賮賷 賰賱 賲賰丕賳貙 氐賮丨丕鬲賴 賱丕 鬲賳鬲賴賷貙 亘丨乇購 毓賱賲賺 鬲賳賴賱 賲賳賴 賮鬲購乇賵賶..
賮賷賴 鬲丿乇賰 毓馗賲丞 禺賱賯 丕賱賱賴 賵丿賯賷賯 氐賳毓賴.
毓賱賶 丕賱賴丕賲卮:
賯囟賷鬲購 賮氐賱丕賸 賵丕丨丿丕賸 賮賷 賰賱賷丞 丕賱胤賽賾亘 賰胤丕賱亘丞 賲丕噩爻鬲賷乇貙 賵 賰賲丕 賷購賯丕賱 兀賳賻賾 賰賱賾 卮賷亍 賷丨丿孬 賱爻亘亘 賮廿賳賳賷 兀毓鬲賯丿 亘兀賳 賴匕丕 丕賱賮氐賱 亘兀賰賲賱賴 賯丿 賯囟賷鬲賴 賴賳丕 賱兀賯乇兀 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘貙 賲丕 賰丕賳 賱賷 兀賳 兀賯囟賷 賴匕賴 丕賱爻丕毓丕鬲 丕賱胤賵丕賱 賱賵賱丕 丕賱鬲夭丕賲 噩丕賲毓賷 亘賯乇丕卅鬲賴貙 禺丕氐丞 亘兀賳賴 孬賯賷賱 賵 賲賮毓賲 亘丕賱鬲賮丕氐賷賱 丕賱毓噩賷亘丞.
毓賳丿 鬲爻噩賷賱賷 賮賷 丕賱賰賱賷丞 丕賱鬲賯賷鬲 亘丿賰鬲賵乇 賴匕丕 丕賱賲爻丕賯: 丿. 賳丕賷賮 睾乇丕賷亘丞貙 賮鬲賮丕卅賱鬲 亘丕爻賲賴 賵 賴賰匕丕 賰丕賳貙 賲丨丕囟乇丕鬲 睾夭賷乇丞 亘丕賱毓賱賲貙 賷鬲禺賱賱賴丕 亘賷賳 丕賱丨賷賳 賵 丕賱丌禺乇 賳丿丕卅賴 賱賳丕 "兀亘賳丕卅賷" 賵 賷噩毓賱賳丕 賳賮賰賾乇 亘賲賳胤賯 丕賱賮爻賷賵賱賵噩賷 賵 賱賰賳 亘賲賳胤賯 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 丕賱賲鬲賮賰乇 賰匕賱賰: 賱賲丕匕丕 丕賱禺丕賱賯 噩毓賱 賱賳丕 賰匕丕 賵 賰匕丕責
賮賳鬲賮賰乇 亘胤乇賷賯丞 毓賱賲賷丞 賵 賱丕 賳賳爻賶 毓馗賲丞 丕賱禺丕賱賯.
賵 兀賲丕 兀賳鬲 兀賷賴丕 丕賱賯丕乇卅 賮廿匕丕 賰賳鬲 賲賴賲賵賲丕賸 兀賵 丨夭賷賳丕賸 兀賵 賲乇賷囟丕賸 賮賱丕 鬲賯賱賯 丕賱Hemeostasis 爻賷噩毓賱 丕賱兀賲賵乇 毓賱賶 賲丕 賷乇丕賲.
乇賮賷賯賷 丕賱孬賯賷賱 胤賵丕賱 賮氐賱 丿乇丕爻賷貙 賵夭賳賴 賷夭賷丿 毓賳 禺賲爻丞 賰賷賱賵!
賲丕 夭丕賱鬲 賷丿賷 鬲丐賱賲賳賷 賱丨賲賱賴 賲毓賷 賮賷 賰賱 賲賰丕賳貙 氐賮丨丕鬲賴 賱丕 鬲賳鬲賴賷貙 亘丨乇購 毓賱賲賺 鬲賳賴賱 賲賳賴 賮鬲購乇賵賶..
賮賷賴 鬲丿乇賰 毓馗賲丞 禺賱賯 丕賱賱賴 賵丿賯賷賯 氐賳毓賴.
毓賱賶 丕賱賴丕賲卮:
賯囟賷鬲購 賮氐賱丕賸 賵丕丨丿丕賸 賮賷 賰賱賷丞 丕賱胤賽賾亘 賰胤丕賱亘丞 賲丕噩爻鬲賷乇貙 賵 賰賲丕 賷購賯丕賱 兀賳賻賾 賰賱賾 卮賷亍 賷丨丿孬 賱爻亘亘 賮廿賳賳賷 兀毓鬲賯丿 亘兀賳 賴匕丕 丕賱賮氐賱 亘兀賰賲賱賴 賯丿 賯囟賷鬲賴 賴賳丕 賱兀賯乇兀 賴匕丕 丕賱賰鬲丕亘貙 賲丕 賰丕賳 賱賷 兀賳 兀賯囟賷 賴匕賴 丕賱爻丕毓丕鬲 丕賱胤賵丕賱 賱賵賱丕 丕賱鬲夭丕賲 噩丕賲毓賷 亘賯乇丕卅鬲賴貙 禺丕氐丞 亘兀賳賴 孬賯賷賱 賵 賲賮毓賲 亘丕賱鬲賮丕氐賷賱 丕賱毓噩賷亘丞.
毓賳丿 鬲爻噩賷賱賷 賮賷 丕賱賰賱賷丞 丕賱鬲賯賷鬲 亘丿賰鬲賵乇 賴匕丕 丕賱賲爻丕賯: 丿. 賳丕賷賮 睾乇丕賷亘丞貙 賮鬲賮丕卅賱鬲 亘丕爻賲賴 賵 賴賰匕丕 賰丕賳貙 賲丨丕囟乇丕鬲 睾夭賷乇丞 亘丕賱毓賱賲貙 賷鬲禺賱賱賴丕 亘賷賳 丕賱丨賷賳 賵 丕賱丌禺乇 賳丿丕卅賴 賱賳丕 "兀亘賳丕卅賷" 賵 賷噩毓賱賳丕 賳賮賰賾乇 亘賲賳胤賯 丕賱賮爻賷賵賱賵噩賷 賵 賱賰賳 亘賲賳胤賯 丕賱廿賳爻丕賳 丕賱賲鬲賮賰乇 賰匕賱賰: 賱賲丕匕丕 丕賱禺丕賱賯 噩毓賱 賱賳丕 賰匕丕 賵 賰匕丕責
賮賳鬲賮賰乇 亘胤乇賷賯丞 毓賱賲賷丞 賵 賱丕 賳賳爻賶 毓馗賲丞 丕賱禺丕賱賯.
賵 兀賲丕 兀賳鬲 兀賷賴丕 丕賱賯丕乇卅 賮廿匕丕 賰賳鬲 賲賴賲賵賲丕賸 兀賵 丨夭賷賳丕賸 兀賵 賲乇賷囟丕賸 賮賱丕 鬲賯賱賯 丕賱Hemeostasis 爻賷噩毓賱 丕賱兀賲賵乇 毓賱賶 賲丕 賷乇丕賲.
February 21, 2022
arguably most complete book of physiology . if you have this book in hands you don't need a teacher notes or other helpful material, Guyton(this book) alone is enough . everything is explained in most possible details on undergraduate level. the only problem you face is reviewing this book for exam.
although during studying one of its sentence "although the exact cause is unknown but few possible explanations are " was very irritating
although during studying one of its sentence "although the exact cause is unknown but few possible explanations are " was very irritating
April 5, 2018
Just for fun 馃槀馃ぇ
June 10, 2013
I have this book for three good years now. I know it is the greatest
book in the field of Physiology, wouldn't argue that. My problem with it
is that of size and how it is really written.
You can't know which is essential and important in a specific subject and the way the mechanisms presented is sophisticated and memory-intensive which make it hard to grasp the concept.
In my third year I bought the pocket version, it's better and quit sufficient. But then I discovered Linda S. Costanzo!
book in the field of Physiology, wouldn't argue that. My problem with it
is that of size and how it is really written.
You can't know which is essential and important in a specific subject and the way the mechanisms presented is sophisticated and memory-intensive which make it hard to grasp the concept.
In my third year I bought the pocket version, it's better and quit sufficient. But then I discovered Linda S. Costanzo!
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June 16, 2023This book gave me the worst headaches 馃珷
But at least now I am free
The best quotes:
鈥淚nsulin controls glucose metabolism;鈥�
鈥淭he nervous system is composed of three major parts: the sensory input portion, the central nervous system (or integrative portion), and the motor output portion.鈥�
But at least now I am free
The best quotes:
鈥淚nsulin controls glucose metabolism;鈥�
鈥淭he nervous system is composed of three major parts: the sensory input portion, the central nervous system (or integrative portion), and the motor output portion.鈥�
June 9, 2024
OMG COULD NOT PUT THIS BOOK DOWN! I was SO captivated about the Krebs cycle! I was like what鈥檚 gonna happen??? What鈥檚 gonna come out?? What all this ATp for??? How is the powerhouse of the cell managing this!?? And Spoiler alert it was 36 ATP and it was the perfect ending to a perfect cycle! 10/10 life is made
June 4, 2013
This is the best physiology book I have used, I
Personally love physiology and this book is just great
Personally love physiology and this book is just great
October 11, 2024
One of my professors said this textbook is like a good thriller. I disagree.
February 6, 2017
賮賯胤 亘禺卮 賯賱亘賵 禺賵賳丿賲
January 12, 2010
Well...I haven't really ever used this textbook more than once. To me it feels unapproachable. Small text? Dense writing? Layout? Not sure. I ended up bringing down an old second hand pathophysiology textbook because I can totally jump right into it.
March 7, 2012
this book very helpfull for medical student, whoever they occupation as doctor or scientist. this one, make me easier to understand phisiology. beacuse its general, you can use it to animal and human. oh, I forgot to say it's easy understanding.
August 23, 2021
DNF at 50%
toooooo loooongggggg
toooooo loooongggggg
January 26, 2022
禺賵賳丿賳卮 鬲賵賮蹖賯 丕噩亘丕乇蹖 亘賵丿馃毝馃徑鈥嶁檧锔忦煔娥煆解€嶁檧锔�
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January 6, 2024Mi sue帽o m谩s grande es tener este libro a color y no las fotocopias en blanco y negro que te dan en la facultad en donde el enc茅falo es una cosa negra indistinta.
June 2, 2019
Physiology is not an easy subject. It requires a good discussion and this book did that. It is organized and direct to the point. In fact, I understand Physio topics not because of my teachers but because of this book. I owe Guyton and Hall. They're good.
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November 4, 2023The BIBLE of physiology for medical students and just about the only thing getting me through second year. In great detail but also manages to tell you the information clearly. Loads of diagrams and tables to summarise, and case studies where we see the info presented in practice.
February 25, 2013
Sem d煤vida 茅 um excelente livro, todo bom estudante de medicina o l锚 mais de uma vez e o tem de cabeceira!
December 20, 2013
it's too basic, it simplificates everything to a level that is unconvinient for students.
December 17, 2017
Fizyoloji icin temelden baslayarak herseyi oldukca basitten baslatan bir anlatimi var, fakat Profesor Edremitoglu'nun derslerine yetisemiyor :)
December 12, 2018
亘賷丕賳 賲賮丕賴賲賷賲 賮賷夭賷賵賱賵跇賷賰 亘乇丕賷 丿丕賳卮噩賵賷丕賳 毓賱賵賲 倬夭卮賰賷 亘賴 爻丕丿賴 鬲乇賷賳 胤乇賷賯 賲賲賰賳貙賰丕乇賷 丕爻鬲 賰賴 丌乇鬲賵乇 诏丕賷鬲賵賳 賮賷夭賷賵賱賵跇賷爻鬲 丕賲乇賷賰丕賷賷 丿乇 丕賷賳 賰鬲丕亘 丕賳噩丕賲 丿丕丿賴 丕爻鬲.
January 25, 2022
This book made me fall in love with the medical profession. So detailed and so clear. I would enjoy studying from this book.
September 28, 2023
I have learned more from my high school biology book
October 31, 2023
A great textbook, with pretty complete and well-delimited chapters that were a comprehensive review of each topic, sometimes it indulged on itself, but overall it is more objective than most textbooks I know, while at the same time not being so direct as to never repeat important points (which is good, at some level repetition in text books helps the student remember the information)
overall this is one of my favorite textbooks I have used so far during med school
(of course, I didn't read it back to back, because that is not how you are supposed to study with a textbook at med-school, so even if I didn't fully complete it, I read it enough to think it deserved to be marked as read on 欧宝娱乐
overall this is one of my favorite textbooks I have used so far during med school
(of course, I didn't read it back to back, because that is not how you are supposed to study with a textbook at med-school, so even if I didn't fully complete it, I read it enough to think it deserved to be marked as read on 欧宝娱乐
March 24, 2017
In my opinion it's not good Physiology textbook for today
I want mention some reason that I think it's not good
1- the text are very old with old description pattern
2- the pattern of book is very bad because at each chapter each paragraph learn something with very hard language and when you finished a chapter if you ask a question from yourself what you learn from this chapter find of answer of it I think is very hard
3- Question ! Yes Question many textbook such as Guyton at end of each chapter and some of them at beginning too have Review question direct question but at this book you can't find any self assessment or Q that I mention above too
At all it's good resource but not the best one that most of people say ( People that never read this book too!) Today market have very nice chose for reading and studying Physiology with better results
I want mention some reason that I think it's not good
1- the text are very old with old description pattern
2- the pattern of book is very bad because at each chapter each paragraph learn something with very hard language and when you finished a chapter if you ask a question from yourself what you learn from this chapter find of answer of it I think is very hard
3- Question ! Yes Question many textbook such as Guyton at end of each chapter and some of them at beginning too have Review question direct question but at this book you can't find any self assessment or Q that I mention above too
At all it's good resource but not the best one that most of people say ( People that never read this book too!) Today market have very nice chose for reading and studying Physiology with better results
January 24, 2018
i came across this book by coincidence while i was looking for some medical textbooks and it reminded me of my 2nd medical year, but that one was 12th edition
well, i didn't read it fully because it's exaggeratedly detailed and deep for a 2nd medical student level, but it's definitely a must-read textbook, since the materials will overlap with other courses such as Anatomy, pathology and later on, clinical clerkships !
well, i didn't read it fully because it's exaggeratedly detailed and deep for a 2nd medical student level, but it's definitely a must-read textbook, since the materials will overlap with other courses such as Anatomy, pathology and later on, clinical clerkships !
December 25, 2016
Amazing cardiovascular, renal and hormonal approach; slightly basic neuroscience section, though very clear and sharp neuronal electrophysiology chapter. 2015 edition devotes half a page to cerebellum's role in learning and that's unacceptable.
Works well combined with Kandel's Neural Science if to get a less vapid and more refined scope of Physiology and Neurophysiology as a whole.
Works well combined with Kandel's Neural Science if to get a less vapid and more refined scope of Physiology and Neurophysiology as a whole.
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