本书实验内容涵盖了众多医科院校开设的经典的验证性生理实验和综合性实验，加入了我校开设多年的设计性实验，并新增了获得高等学校创新性机能实验大赛一等奖的实验内容，力求本教程的系统性、科学性、实用性和创新性。特别是，本教程特邀成都泰盟软件公司撰写了英文版BL-420N信息化信息采集与处理系统介绍，该系统目前被广泛运用于靠前医科院校的机能学实验。

Unit 1Introduction/1 Unit 2Introduction of Surgical Manipulation on Animals and Biosignal Acquisition and Analysis System/3
Section 1The Surgical Manipulation of Mammals/3
Section 2The Surgical Manipulation of Toads/15
Section 3BL-420N Data Acquisition and Analysis System for Life Science/23
Section 4Brief Operative Guidelines for Biological Signal Recording System (MD2000 Super Lab System)/38
Unit 3Physiological Experiments on Animals/44Section 1Recording of Compound Potential in Sciatic Nerve Trunk of Toad/44
Section 2Determination of Conduction Velocity of Action Potential in Nerve Trunk of Toad/47
Section 3Excitability Change during and after Excitation/49
Section 4Simultaneous Recording of Action Potential and Muscle Tension in Sciatic Nervegastrocnemius/51
Section 5Ionic Effect and Hormonal Regulation on a Toad Heart during Contraction in vitro/54
Section 6Cardiac Autorhythmicity/60
Section 7Premature Contraction and Compensatory Pause/64
Section 8Factors that Affect Cardiac Output/69
Section 9Nervous and Hormonal Regulation of Cardiovascular Activity/75
Section 10Factors Affect the Discharges of the Depressor Nerve/82
Section 11The Regulations of Respiratory Movement/85
Section 12Movement of Small Intestinal Smooth Muscle in vitro/90
Section 13Factors that Affect Blood Coagulation/94
Section 14Factors that Affect Urine Formation/97
Section 15Simultaneous Recordings of Muscle Spindle Discharge and Passive Tension of Sartorius Muscle/101
Section 16Chemical Labyrinthectomy to Study the Vestibular System/104
Section 17Analysis of Reflex Arc/106
Section 18Unilateral Cerebellar Lesions/109
Section 19Hormonal Regulation of Blood Glucose Level/112
Section 20Experiment Design—Role of Baroreceptor Reflex in Acute Blood Loss/114
Unit 4Physiological Experiments on Human/116Section 1Introduction of PowerLab System and Pulse Wave Measurement/116
Section 2Electrocardiogram at Rest and after Exercise/124
Section 3Electromyography/129
Section 4Arterial Blood Pressure Recording/136
Section 5Characteristics of Different Types of Itch Induced by Various Pruritogens/141
References/150