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IVLibrary of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication DataDespopoulos, Agamemnon.[Taschenatlas der Physiologie. English]Color atlas of physiology / Agamemnon Despopoulos,Stefan Silbernagl; color plates by Ruediger Gay and AstriedRothenburger ; [translator, Suzyon O’Neal Wandrey].– 6th ed., completely rev. and expanded.p. ; cmIncludes bibliographical references and index.Translation of: Taschenatlas der Physiologie. 5th German ed.c2001.ISBN 978-3-13-545006-3 (alk. paper)1. Human physiology–Atlases. I. Silbernagl, Stefan. II. Title.[DNLM: 1. Physiology–Atlases. QT 17 D471c 2009a]QP34.5.S5313 2009612–dc2220080425381st German edition 19792nd German edition 19833rd German edition 19884th German edition 19915th German edition 20016th German edition 20037th German edition 20071st English edition 19812nd English edition 19843rd English edition 19864th English edition 19915th English edition 20031st Dutch edition 19812nd Dutch edition 20013rd Dutch edition 20081st Italian edition 19812nd Italian edition 20021st Japanese edition 19822nd Japanese edition 19923rd Japanese edition 20051st Serbian edition 20061st Spanish edition 19822nd Spanish edition 19853rd Spanish edition 19944th Spanish edition 20011st Czech edition 19842nd Czech edition 19943rd Czech edition 20041st French edition 19852nd French edition 19923rd French edition 20011st Turkish edition 19862nd Turkish edition 19971st Greek edition 19891st Chinese edition 19911st Polish edition 19941st Portuguese edition 20031st Hungarian edition 19942nd Hungarian edition 19961st Indonesion edition 2000Translated by Suzyon O’Neal Wandrey and Rachel SwiftIllustrated by Atelier Gay + Rothenburger, Sternenfels, Germany 1981, 2009 Georg Thieme Verlag KGRüdigerstraße 14, 70469 Stuttgart, Germanyhttp://www.thieme.deThieme New York, 333 Seventh Avenue,New York, NY 10001, USAhttp://www.thieme.comCover design: Thieme Publishing GroupTypesetting by: Druckhaus Götz GmbH,Ludwigsburg, GermanyPrinted in Germany by: Offizin Anderson Nexö, ZwenkauISBN 978-3-13-545006-3 1 2 3 4 5Important Note: Medicine is an ever-changingscience undergoing continual development.Research and clinical experience are continuallyexpanding our knowledge, in particular ourknowledge of proper treatment and drug therapy.Insofar as this book mentions any dosageor application, readers may rest assured thatthe authors, editors, and publishers have madeevery effort to ensure that such references arein accordance with the state of knowledge atthe time of production of the book.Nevertheless, this does not involve, imply,or express any guarantee or responsibility onthe part of the publishers in respect to any dosageinstructions and forms of applicationsstated in the book. Every user is requested toexamine carefully the manufacturers’ leafletsaccompanying each drug and to check, if necessaryin consultation with a physician or specialist,whether the dosage schedules mentionedtherein or the contraindications stated by themanufacturers differ from the statementsmade in the present book. Such examination isparticularly important with drugs that areeither rarely used or have been newly releasedon the market. Every dosage schedule or everyform of application used is entirely at the user’sown risk and responsibility. The authors andpublishers request every user to report to thepublishers any discrepancies or inaccuraciesnoticed. If errors in this work are found afterpublication, errata will be posted at www.thieme.comon the product description page.Some of the product names, patents, andregistered designs referred to in this book arein fact registered trademarks or proprietarynames even though specific reference to thisfact is not always made in the text. Therefore,the appearance of a name without designationas proprietary is not to be construed as a representationby the publisher that it is in thepublic domain.This book, including all parts thereof, is legallyprotected by copyright. Any use, exploitation,or commercialization outside the narrowlimits set by copyright legislation, without thepublisher’s consent, is illegal and liable to prosecution.This applies in particular to photostatreproduction, copying, mimeographing orduplication of any kind, translating, preparationof microfilms, and electronic data processingand storage.