ABOUT THE EDITORS
Ian Peate is Visiting Professor of Nursing, Visiting Senior Clinical Fellow, Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Nursing, and Head of School, School of Health Studies, Gibraltar.
Suzanne Evans is Associate Professor and Director of Teaching & Learning, School of Biomedical Sciences & Pharmacy, University of Newcastle, Australia.

List of contributors
Preface
Acknowledgements
Prefixes, suffixes
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Chapter 1 Basic scientific principles of physiology
Chapter 2 Cells, cellular compartments, transport systems, fluid movement between compartments
Chapter 3 Genetics
Chapter 4 Tissue
Chapter 5 Embryology
Chapter 6 The muscular system
Chapter 7 The skeletal system
Chapter 8 The circulatory system
Chapter 9 The cardiac system
Chapter 10 The digestive system
Chapter 11 The renal system
Chapter 12 The respiratory system
Chapter 13 The reproductive systems
Chapter 14 The nervous system
Chapter 15 The senses
Chapter 16 The endocrine system
Chapter 17 The immune system
Chapter 18 The skin
Normal values
Answers
Index