Vander's Human Physiology: The Mechanisms of Body Function

awefully organized paragraphs and writing, definitions and explanations. required but needed to get another book.

Between college and medical school I've had spent a lot of time with physiology books and this is a good one. If I want to pull one book of the shelf to look at some system or pathway this is the book I grab first. While the it is written in an accessible and engaging way the flow charts are its greatest strength. Vander's diagramming is the best out there. Often times a single figure will cover what other books need pages and pages to cover. This book is great because it isn't trying to be all things to all readers. It is not an exhaustive reference text; instead, it is the sort that can be read cover to cover. I would describe Vander's as a great starting point for those who will go on in Physiology (MD/PhD) or look at physiology for those who are interested but do not aspire to mastery (the English major interested in science). It sits somewhere between the crushing detail of books like Boron & Boulpaep and the "why it matters" approach of Costanzo. For those who are looking to get their lifetime mastery of physiology from a single class experience Tortora & Derrickson might be a better bet.

Thank you for the book. It was in great condition, like i had bought it new

I found this book to be invaluable for learning physiology. It was in-depth and has excellent illustrations. A must-have for the physiology student.

I loved this textbook. The pictures are very in-depth and the writing flows better than most medical texts. The cost is too high but so are all textbooks these days.

This book is written to the appropriate depth for a year one course at university level. Some figures and chapter summaries are helpful in summarising the concepts and mechanisms. I think the chapter for "movements of molecules across cell membrane" is well written as some of the definitions given in other textbooks are incorrect. And this book has a cool webpage.