Human Anatomy and Physiology - II

Human Anatomy and Physiology are integral subjects in Pharmaceutical Science and strong knowledge about the structure and functions of human body organs is essential to understand the pathophysiology, and basic and clinical pharmacology.The present book attempts to clarify the basic aspects of human anatomy and physiology simply and lucidly. ·         The important points related to that chapter have been added in the form of a “chapter at glance”. ·         special emphasis has been made to explain the structures of organs with appropriate figures. ·         A good number of tables have also been incorporated to summarize the key features of each chapter. ·         Review questions of two marks, five marks, and ten marks, and MCQs have been added, which will be very helpful to students as well as teachers. Contents: 1.    Nervous Tissue 2.    Central Nervous system 3.    Digestive System 4.    Energetics 5.    Respiratory System 6.    Urinary System 7.    Endocrine System 8.    Reproduction System 9.    Introduction to Genetics About the Authors: Amteshwar Singh Jaggi is an Assistant Professor at the Department of Pharmaceutical Science and Drug Research at Punjab University Patiala since 2003. He has Published 06 books and more than 160 articles in leading peer-reviewed journals (h-index 41 and 110-index 118) with more than 5000 citations. He has completed 03 research projects as pl, funded by DST, and UGC. His research interest broadly lies in the field of cardiovascular Pharmacology neuropathic pain and stress adaptation. N. Anitha earned ph.D (Pharmacology) from JNTU Hyderabad in 2010. She is currently working as a professor and Head of Pharmacology at Sultan-ul-Uloom College of Pharmacy Hyderabad. She is having more than 18 years of Teaching and Research experience in Pharmacology. She has published more than 40 articles in peer-reviewed National/international journals and filed a patent. She is a life member of IPS and APTI. Her area of research includes CNS Pharmacology Reverse Pharmacology and Clinical Pharmacology. Anjana Bali obtained both M. Pharm. (Pharmacology) and Ph.D. (Pharmacology) from Punjabi University Patiala. She is currently an Assistant Professor at the Department of Pharmacology. School of Basic and the Applied Sciences Central University of Punjab Bathinda. She was awarded UGC-BSR and DST fellowships during the doctorate program. She has published more than 38 articles in top-rated international journals (h-index 15 and 110-index 25) with total citations of 1468. She has published 01 book chapter and 04 books for pharmacy. Her research interest is in stress, stress adaptation, neuropathic pain, cardiovascular pharmacology, and ulcerative colitis. Manish Kumar is a Research Scholar at Punjabi University Patiyala. He has completed his M. pharm. (Pharmacology from Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Drug Research Punjabi University Patiala. He has Published 03 articles in leading peer-reviewed international journals. His present areas of research interest include stress and related behavioral changes.