Chromaffin cells, 32 Chronic bronchitis, 123, 123t
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), 123, 123t
intrapleural pressure on, 123
respiratory acidosis due to, 178t, 187Q, 192E Chronic renal failure
metabolic acidosis due to, 187Q, 192E and PTH, 253t, 254
and vitamin D, 265Q, 268E Chronic respiratory acidosis, 180 Chronic respiratory alkalosis, 180 Chronotropic effects, 75, 76 Chylomicrons, 217
Chyme, 202 Chymotrypsin, 215 Cimetidine
for duodenal ulcer, 222Q, 225E and gastric secretion, 209, 209, 211
Circadian rhythm
of glucocorticoid secretion, 243 of sleep, 55
Circular muscle, 194, 195
in gastrointestinal motility, 199 in peristalsis, 202
Circulation(s) cerebral, 94t, 96 coronary, 94t, 96
hormonal (extrinsic) control of, 95–96 local (intrinsic) control of, 94–95 pulmonary, 94t
to skeletal muscle, 94t, 96 to skin, 94t, 96–97 special, 94t
Circumvallate papillae, 47 Cl−
intestinal secretion of, 218 TF/P ratio for, 161, 161
Cl− diffusion potential, 8, 8 Cl− equilibrium potential, 8, 8
Cl− reabsorption, proximal tubule, 160 Cl− shift, 131
Clasp-knife reflex, 50t, 51 Clearance equation, 151–152 Cl−–HCO3− exchange, 208 Climbing fibers, 53
CNS (central nervous system) effects, of thyroid hormone, 240
CO2
and cerebral circulation, 96, 106Q, 113E in control of breathing, 136 diffusion-limited exchange, 125, 125t dissolved, 131
forms of, 131, 132
partial pressure of, 124, 124t, 175 arterial, 136, 138, 141Q
and HCO3− reabsorption, 175 hemoglobin–O2 dissociation curve, 128,
128, 130 venous, 138 production of, 172
CO (carbon monoxide) poisoning, hemoglobin–O2 dissociation curve, 129, 129
CO2 diffusion, 124–125 CO2 transport, 131–132, 132 Collecting duct
and K+ regulation, 163
Na+ reabsorption in, 162–163 in urine production, 169–170
Index 299
Colloid osmotic pressure, 6 capillary, 92
Colon, 203 Compensatory responses
to acid–base disorders, 180t to hemorrhage, 100, 100t, 101
Competition, in carrier-mediated transport, 3 Complex cells, of visual cortex, 43, 59Q, 62E Compliance
chestwall, 119, 119 lung, 118, 118, 119, 119
respiratory, 118, 118–119, 119 vascular, 69
COMT (catechol-O-methyltransferase), 15 Concentration gradient, role in flux, 8, 24Q, 29E Conductance, of ion channels, 7
Conduction, saltatory, 12 Conduction velocity, 12, 12, 25Q, 29E
cardiac, 74
autonomic effects on, 75–76, 75t Cones, 41, 41t, 58Q, 62E
Conjugated bilirubin, 219, 220
Conn syndrome, 187Q, 192E, 246t, 247 Contractility, 77–78
Contraction alkalosis, 175, 178t, 183 Convection, heat loss by, 56
COPD (chronic obstructive pulmonary disease), 117, 123, 123t
Core temperature, 56–57
Coronary circulation, regulation of, 94t, 96 Corpus luteum, 261, 261, 262, 263Q, 265Q, 267E,
269E
Cortical diluting segment, 162, 169 Cortical evoked potential, 54 Corticobulbar tract, 51
Corticopapillary osmotic gradient, 167–168, 170 Corticospinal tract, 51
Corticosterone, 243, 244 Corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH), 228t,
243–244, 244 Cortisol
actions of, 228t, 245 origin of, 241
regulation of secretion of, 244 synthesis of, 243
Cotransport, 2t, 4, 5, 26Q, 30E
Countercurrent multiplication, in loop of Henle, 168 Countertransport, 2t, 4, 5 (see also Antiport) Coupled transport, 4
Creatinine, serum, 153
CRH (corticotropin-releasing hormone), 228t, 243–244, 244
Cribriform plate, fracture of, 60Q, 64E Cross-bridges, 18
Crossed extension reflex, 51 Crypts, intestinal, 218
CSF (cerebrospinal fluid), 55–56, 56t composition of, 59Q, 63E
pH of, in control of breathing, 136 Cupula, 46, 46
Curare, and neuromuscular transmission, 13t Current
inward, 10 outward, 10 Current flow, 9
Cushing reaction, 90
Cushing disease, 246, 246t, 247, 264Q, 268E Cushing syndrome, 246–247, 246t
Cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP), 34, 229t