chapter 1 Cardiovascular physiology Pierre Foëx and Helen Higham -- chapter 2 Respiratory physiology Paul CM van den Berg -- chapter 3 Neuromuscular physiology Claude Meistelman and François Donati -- chapter 4 Gastrointestinal physiology Cormac C McLoughlin -- chapter 5 Mechanisms of pain William I Campbell -- chapter 6 Red blood cells, haemostasis, and white blood cells Nollag O’Rourke and George Shorten -- chapter 7 The endocrine system William FM Wallace -- chapter 8 Renal physiology CV Elzo Kraemer -- chapter 9 Physiology of the liver Bart van Hoek -- chapter 10 Immunology Ilias IN Doxiadis and James G Bovill -- chapter 11 Physiology of the nervous system Martin Smith -- chapter 12 Cell structure, function, and regulation Yogen Amin.