Pramanik Principles of Physiology, 8th Edition (with Free Practical Manual)

Pramanik Principles of Physiology, 8th Edition (with Free Practical Manual) by Debasis Pramanik, published by Jaypee Brothers Medical Publishers (2025). A Physiology book for 1st Year MBBS students.

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From the publisher

Principles of Physiology, 8th Edition, is a comprehensive core-physiology textbook for first-year medical and allied-health students, now bundled free with its edition-matched companion, Practical Manual of Physiology (8th edition, same author). Structured across 13 sections and 115 chapters spanning General Physiology through Nerve-Muscle Physiology, Hematology, the Respiratory, Cardiovascular, Digestive and Excretory Systems, Metabolism, the Endocrine and Reproductive Systems, the Nervous System and Special Senses, the book gives complete coverage of the Competency-Based Medical Education (CBME) curriculum prescribed by the NMC.

This edition adds a new chapter on Body Fluid Compartments, fully rewrites the Cardiac and Vascular Function Curves and Acid-Base Balance chapters for clearer conceptual understanding, and introduces new condensed-content summaries, tables and a fresh formatting style built to make key terms easier to memorize.

Every chapter opens with a Learning Objectives box, uses bold key terms and definitions, numbered and lettered structured lists, and multiple two-colour labelled diagrams, alongside pull-out Note boxes that flag exam-relevant asides and clinical-correlation notes woven directly into the physiology narrative.

• MBBS 1st Year Students: a complete first-professional-year physiology course companion, working through the full CBME syllabus chapter by chapter.
• BDS, BPT/Physiotherapy and Allied Health Science Students: the same core-physiology foundation that anchors the first-year curriculum across dental, physiotherapy and allied-health programmes.
• BAMS Students: a physiology foundation aligned to the competencies expected across undergraduate health-science curricula.

• Simplifies physiology for memorization: the new formatting style, bold key terms and fresh tables/summaries are built specifically to make dense physiological concepts easier to retain.
• Clears up difficult topics: the fully rewritten Cardiac and Vascular Function Curves and Acid-Base Balance chapters walk through previously tricky concepts in more depth.
• Builds exam readiness: about 1,000 MCQs with explanations, plus a fresh set of probable long/short questions set as per NMC guidelines, give students exam-ready practice alongside the theory.
• Bundles a free practical companion: the edition-matched free Practical Manual of Physiology extends the same curriculum into the practical/viva component, so students aren't left sourcing a separate practical reference.
• Anchors theory to clinical relevance: clinical-correlation asides (for example thalamic pain syndrome, referred pain and syringomyelia in the sensory-system chapter) connect normal physiology to real diagnostic reasoning throughout.

• 115 chapters across 13 sections covering the complete CBME-aligned MBBS physiology syllabus, from General Physiology through the Nervous System and Special Senses.
• Free companion Practical Manual of Physiology (same 8th edition, same author) bundled with every copy.
• About 1,000 MCQs with explanations, plus new probable long/short questions and short notes set as per NMC guidelines.
• New chapter on Body Fluid Compartments, with the Cardiac and Vascular Function Curves and Acid-Base Balance chapters fully rewritten for this edition.
• A Learning Objectives box, bold key-term formatting, two-colour labelled diagrams and pull-out Note boxes in every chapter for quick revision.