Gastrointestinal Anatomy and Physiology

Edited by John F. Reinus, MD, Montefiore Medical Center and The Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY, USA Douglas Simon, MD, Jacobi Medical Center and The Albert Einstein College of Medicine, NY, US

List of Contributors, xxx Preface, xxx About the companion website, xxx 1 Structure and Innervation of Hollow Viscera Laura D. Wood and Elizabeth A. Montgomery 2 Gastrointestinal Hormones in the Regulation of Gut Function in Health and Disease John Del Valle 3 Gastrointestinal Motility Ikuo Hirano and Darren Brenner 4 Gastrointestinal immunology and ecology Shehzad Z. Sheikh and Scott E. Plevy 5 Gastric physiology Mitchell L. Schubert 6 Structure and Function of the Exocrine Pancreas James H. Grendell 7 Absorption and secretion of fluid and electrolytes Lawrence R. Schiller 8 Absorption of nutrients Lawrence R. Schiller 9 Hepatic Structure and Function Michelle T. Long and Lawrence S. Friedman 10 The Splanchnic Circulation Peter R. Kvietys and D. Neil Granger 11 Composition and Circulation of the Bile Allan W. Wolkoff 12 Bilirubin metabolism Allan W. Wolkoff Index