An Introduction to Gastro-enterology. A Clinical Study of the Structure and Functions of the Human Alimentary Tube

Content: Front Matter , Page i Copyright , Page ii PREFACE , Page iii INTRODUCTION , Pages vii-viii INTRODUCTION TO THE STRUCTURE AND DIVISIONS OF THE ALIMENTARY TUBE , Page 1 CHAPTER I - THE GENERAL STRUCTURE AND DIVISIONS OF THE ALIMENTARY TUBE , Pages 3-6 CHAPTER II - THE MUSCULAR TUNIC OF THE ALIMENTARY TUBE , Pages 7-12 CHAPTER III - THE VASCULAR ARRANGEMENTS OF THE ALIMENTARY TUBE , Pages 13-18 CHAPTER IV - THE NERVOUS ARRANGEMENTS OF THE ALIMENTARY TUBE , Pages 19-23 CHAPTER V - THE LINING MEMBRANE OF THE ALIMENTARY TUBE , Pages 24-29 CHAPTER VI - THE GENERAL ANATOMICAL DISPOSITION OF THE ABDOMINAL PART OF THE ALIMENTARY TUBE , Pages 30-34 INTRODUCTION TO HOW THE ALIMENTARY TUBE WORKS UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS , Page 35 CHAPTER VII - SOME GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS , Pages 37-39 CHAPTER VIII - THE WORK OF THE PREPARATORY SEGMENTS , Pages 40-54 CHAPTER IX - THE WORK OF THE FINAL DIGESTIVE AND ABSORPTIVE SEGMENTS , Pages 55-66 CHAPTER X - THE WORK OF THE EXPULSIVE SEGMENTS , Pages 67-69 INTRODUCTION TO HOW THE WORKING OF THE ALIMENTARY TUBE IS MODIFIED BY CERTAIN ABNORMAL CONDITIONS , Page 71 CHAPTER XI - A SHORT SUMMARY OF THE FACTORS INVOLVED , Pages 73-75 CHAPTER XII - THE RELEVANT FEATURES OF THE CONTROLLING NERVOUS MECHANISM , Pages 76-86 CHAPTER XIII - THE SIGNIFICANCE OF ALIMENTARY PAIN , Pages 87-92 CHAPTER XIV - THE DEFENCE MECHANISMS PECULIAR TO THE ALIMENTARY TUBE , Pages 93-97 INTRODUCTION TO SOME PRACTICAL CLINICAL APPLICATIONS , Page 99 CHAPTER XV - THE SCOPE OF THE INQUIRY , Pages 101-103 CHAPTER XVI - THE PREPARATORY SEGMENTS , Pages 104-117 CHAPTER XVII - THE FINAL DIGESTIVE AND ABSORPTIVE SEGMENTS , Pages 118-122 CHAPTER XVIII - THE EXPULSIVE SEGMENTS , Pages 123-127 CHAPTER XIX - SOME SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS , Pages 128-140 INDEX , Pages 141-143 THE SYNOPSIS SERIES , Page 144 An Introduction to Gastro-Enterology: A Clinical Study of the Structure and Functions of the Human Alimentary Tube covers the diagnosis and treatment of alimentary tube disorders. This book is organized into four parts encompassing 19 chapters that evaluate the basic structure, divisions, and vascular arrangements of alimentary tube. Some of the topics covered in the book are the vascular and nervous functions of the alimentary tube; its lining membrane and the disposition of its abdominal part; mechanism of the preparatory, final digestive, and absorptive segments. Other chapters deal with t ..