Guyton and Hall Textbook of Medical Physiology (Guyton Physiology) 13th Edition

This is a great physiology textbook! I'm a little over 100 pages in and thought I would leave my thoughts and findings so far. The full online version of the book and resources are included for free! Sixteen video animations, multiple choice questions on each unit of the book, and 25 enhanced images where you can quickly hide the labels, quiz yourself, and then click to see the correct label are all part of the online version resources. There are no quizzes or questions at the end of each unit in the physical print edition (I think the Guyton and Hall Physiology Review 3e is geared toward this aspect). The general layout of the textbook is two columns of text per page with many figures and tables interwoven. The font of the text is clear and easy to read. The text guides you through the figures and explains them well as it is teaching the subject making for a far better learning experience than others where they just have a description underneath the figure (in this textbook there is also a very brief description under the figure but mainly is described in the main part as you are reading). There are mini bibliographies at the end of each unit allowing you to know where you might start to further dive into that topic and read some of the current research papers. Modern research and findings have been seamlessly incorporated. An index is included at the back of this book, but there is no glossary.Here is the general outline (15 units broken down into 85 chapters):Unit 1 - Introduction to Physiology: The Cell and General PhysiologyUnit 2 - Membrane Physiology, Nerve, and MuscleUnit 3 - The HeartUnit 4 - The CirculationUnit 5 - The Body Fluids and KidneysUnit 6 - Blood Cells, Immunity, and Blood CoagulationUnit 7 - RespirationUnit 8 - Aviation, Space, and Deep-Sea Diving PhysiologyUnit 9 - The Nervous System: A. General Principles and Sensory PhysiologyUnit 10 - The Nervous System: B. The Special SensesUnit 11 - The Nervous System: C. Motor and Integrative NeurophysiologyUnit 12 - Gastrointestinal PhysiologyUnit 13 - Metabolism and Temperature RegulationUnit 14 - Endocrinology and ReproductionUnit 15 - Sports Physiology

This was the text we used in medical school some 28 years ago for our physiology classes. Call me a nerd, but I thoroughly enjoyed reading this beautiful book, which explains so much about the function of the human body in such an approachable and interesting manner. Although I studied it to learn critical information and to prepare for tests, I also read Guyton's just for the sheer joy of acquiring knowledge. Feeling the need to brush up on my understanding of physiology after so many years, I bought this updated version of Guyton's and started reading. The book is still as approachable and easy to follow now as it was in 1990, and the old joy of learning for learning's sake is back. I highly recommend this book for all medical professionals treating patients in every medical discipline. The information is timeless and essential, and is written to be easily understood by virtually any medical professional.

I used this same book in collage, this one was a little used but nothing other than being used. For the price you can't beat it.

The book is in perfect condition, LIke new, there is a little damage on one of the edges but that is nothing to be considered of, the pages inside are in perfect condition, like newHighly Recommended

Best book ever about human physiology.

I used this book as a first year medical school student. It was great! It contains a lot of information so it is difficult to read everything during the ridiculously paced medical school curriculum. However, if you really want to understand the concepts and not just memorize facts, this book is the one to use. Costanzo is ok. But I frequently found myself reading Costanzo to try to save time, but in the end I had to come back to Guyton because it did a better job of explaining the details.

So far I'm really loving this book. Only finishing up Unit 1 as of yet and I've already learned so much! The pictures/diagrams have been great. It covers so much in just one page so I've been kind of slow getting through it, but I much prefer that rather than a bunch of extra, useless words. I know I'll especially love having it to refer back to as it is not hard to find exactly what you're looking for.

I am not a native english speaker and yet I find this book to be extremely easy to understand. I sense that the author actually took the time to write about the subject in a clear and concise way. All paragraphs and sentences are written in direct order and he avoids too many parenthesis and intermediary explanations. This makes the book very easy to read, allowing you to properly learn phisiology yet saving time for harder classes.