Medical Physiology is a brand new comprehensive textbook of human physiology, superbly illustrated and designed for modern medical school courses in physiology. It is the most current text on the market, with a strong molecular and cellular approach, firmly relating the molecular and cellular biological underpinnings of physiology to the study of human physiology and disease. This is an edited book with contributions from leading physiologists, but the text has been thoroughly edited to produce a readable and student-friendly text.