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Releasing hormones 268, 269, equivalent 74, 106 Rigidity, decerebrate 328
Re 280 exchange rate 120 Right axis (heart) 198
REM sleep (rapid eye movement) muscles 132 Rigor complex 64
Sa 334 quotient (RQ) 120, 136, 228 mortis 64, 326
Remnants of chylomicrons 256 rate 106, 118 Rinne’s test 364
of VLDL 254 sensors 132 Riva-Rocci (blood pressure
Renal (! also kidney) artery, stimulants 132 measurement) 206
stenosis 184 volumes 112 RNA (ribonucleic acid) 8ff.
blood flow 150 conversion 112 RNA polymerases 8
failure 142, 176 standardization 112 RNAses, pancreas 246
function, glucocorticoid effect ways, flow resistance 116 Rods 344, 348, 350, 356
296 Response, local 46 adaptation 352
Renin 148, 184 Resting expiratory level 112 monochromatism 352
hypertension 216 membrane potential 44 light absorption maximum 356
Renin-angiotensin system (RAS) metabolic rate 226 Roots, spinal cord 310
170, 184, 218 position, respiration 112 Rotation, sensors 342
control 184 pressure-volume curve, heart Round window, ear 364, 366
202
Renshaw cells 316, 320, 324
RPF (renal plasma flow) ! kid-
Abbreviations Replication, cell 8 Resuscitation 110 RQ ! respiratory quotient
lung and thorax 116
ney
skeletal muscle 66
Repolarisation (action potential)
tidal volume 112, 114, 118
46
rRNA (ribosomal ribonucleic
acid) 8, 10
tremor 226
Repressor protein 8
rTr 3 (reverse-T 3) 288
Reproduction 298ff., 330
(! also macrophage
296
RV (residual volume) 112, 114
Index, RES (Reticuloendothelial system) Reticular zone, adrenal cortex Ruffini’s corpuscle 314
Reticuloendothelial system (RES)
R wave (ECG) 196
and mononuclear
Ryanodine receptors (RYR) 62, 64
phagocytotic system)
(! also macrophage)
96 96 RYR 65 D
Reserve volume, expiratory 112 Reticulocytes 88 RYR1 63 B
inspiratory 112 Reticulum, endoplasmic 10, 12, RYR2 63 B
Residual capacity, functional sarcoplasmic 60, 194
(FRC) 112, 114, 116 Retina (! also visual and eye)
volume (RV) 112, 114 344, 346, 356, 358 S
Resistance peripheral 186, 206 contrast of a stimulus 354
hypertension 216 corresponding points 360 σ (reflection coefficient) 24, 377
unit 375 ganglion cells 354, 358 S hormones ! glucocorticoids
vessels 186, 188 processing of visual stimuli and cortisol
Respiration (! respiratory) 106 354 S wave, ECG 196
artificial 110 receptive field 354 S (siemens), unit 375
control 132 sensors 344, 348 SA ! sinoatrial
dead space 110, 114 potential 354 SA1 (slow adapting pressosensor)
effects of diving 134 11-cis-Retinal 348 314
functions 106 Retinol 260, 350 SA2 314
high altitude 132, 136 Return, venous 204 Saccadic eye movement 360
influence on venous return 110 Reversal potential 47 B, 56 Saccharin, taste 338
internal 106 Reverse-T 3 (rTr 3) 288 Saccharase 258
mechanical 110 Rhesus system 100 Saccharose 258
mechanics 108, 110, 112, 144, Rhinencephalon 340 Saccule 342
116 Rhodopsin 348, 350, 352, 356 Salbutamol 87 B
mouth-to-mouth 110 kinase 350 Saliva 232, 236, 258, 260
muscles 108 Rhythm, circardian 296, 334 primary 236
pressure-volume relationships diurnal 334 secondary 236
116 generator 334 Salivary glands 236
work of breathing 116 Rhythmicity, heart 192 blood flow 214
+
–
Respiratory acidosis 144 Riboflavin, intestinal absorption Salt (! also Na and Cl ), balance
alkalosis 142, 144 260 148, 162, 170
air, purification 110 Ribonucleic acid ! RNA disturbances 170, 172, 173 B
chain 12, 73 B3 Ribose 8 regulation 170
compensation 142 Ribosomal ribonucleic acid ! excretion 162, 170
control 132, 214 rRNA role in hypertension 216
428 drive, high altitude 136 Ribosomes 10 retention 170, 182
insufficient 144 Rickets 226, 292 Saltatory conduction 48
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