This edition is thoroughly revised and updated in the light of NMC guidelines for UG Curriculum.
Competency table have been provided along with reference to chapter, page number and citation of competency code inside the relevant places in the text.
Clinical application and applied aspects have been made more updated and revised.
More numbers of ‘Clinical Notes’ and ‘Important Notes’ have been added to this edition, to make the student understand the physiological basis of clinical applications in medicine.
New topics of Physiology of Stress, Physiology of Yoga and Meditation, Brain Death, Glucose Homeostasis and Pathophysiology of Diabetes and Body Fluid Volume Homeostasis, and Clinical Case Scenarios have been added to this edition.
All major concepts and advances in physiology have been thoroughly incorporated in the text.
The presentation of the texts, especially to explain key concepts have been made more structured with more point-wise (bulleted) description.
Multiple choice questions (MCQs) that are part of all kinds of assessments have been thoroughly reviewed and new clinical-based and application-based MCQs have been added in this new edition.
Online study material comprising of previous year MCQs of various competitive examinations with important flowcharts, tables, figures, and clinical case scenarios.