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CC Chatterjee’s Human Physiology s the thoroughly revised and updated edition of the popular book dedicated to the fond memory of Dr Chandi Charan Chatterjee who had written the book during India’s Independence era. This book was widely read throughout the country and South East Asia and helped medical and paramedical students to have firm understanding of the functional aspects of human body. The integrated approach of incorporating anatomy, physiology and biochemistry in this single textbook was marveled by all academicians and was one of the salient features of the book of all the eleven editions up to 1984. Prof Nitin John took the challenge of editing the eleventh edition to match the prescribed syllabus and twelfth edition of CC Chatterjee’s Human Physiology was brought out in 2018. As the Medical Council of India recommended the Competency Based Curriculum, the thirteenth edition was structured to match the newly designed curriculum. The inputs flowing in from the academicians across the country were taken into consideration and the fourteenth edition of the book has been written as per the Competency Based Curriculum now adopted by National Medical Commission. Salient Features of the Fourteenth Edition 1. Text has been simplified and moulded into easy to understand and lucid language for a clear conceptual understanding of the subject. 2. Recent advances have been added and facts of applied physiology updated throughout the text. 3. Diagrams have been modified and simplified. 4. Exam-oriented questions have been introduced to serve the requirements of the students. 5. Anumber of new multiple choice questions has been added and others updated. 6. Topics of exercise physiology, hemoglobin, red blood cells, white blood cells, coagulation, immunity, cardiac output, regulation of blood pressure, hypoxia, regulation of respiration, renal function test, glomerular filtration rate, regulation of body temperature, growth hormones, calcium metabolism, thyroid hormones, adrenal gland, family planning methods, synapses, pain, sleep, hypothalamus, cerebellum, basal ganglia, autonomic function tests, eye and ear have been updated for quick understanding and recapitulation. 7. Applied topics such as diabetes, obesity, pancreatic transplantation, types of exercises, dialysis, family planning methods and disorders associated with central nervous system has been restructured and made concise. 8. Clinical Case Scenarios, an important component of the latest curriculum adopted by National Medical Commission, shall be immensely helpful in excelling for the candidates preparing for PLAB UK examination, USMLE and examinations of the Medical Councils of the other South East Asian countries. 9. Historical features and scientific findings have been depicted in the text appropriately.