Tabla de contenidos provista por Syndetics

• I Organization of the Body
• 1 The Human Body An Orientation
• 2 Chemistry comes Alive
• 3 Cells: The Living Units
• 4 Tissue: The Living Fabric
• II Covering, Support, and Movement of the Body
• 5 The Integumentary System
• 6 Bones and Bone Tissue
• 7 The Skeleton
• 8 Joints
• 9 Muscles and Muscle Tissue
• 10 The Muscular System
• III Regulation and Integration of The Body
• 11 Fundamentals of the Nervous System and Nervous Tissue
• 12 The Central Nervous System
• 13 The Peripheral Nervous System and Reflex Activity
• 14 The Autonomic Nervous System
• 15 Neural Integration
• 16 The Special Senses
• 17 The Endocrine System
• IV Maintenance of the Body
• 18 Blood
• 19 The Cardiovascular System: The Heart
• 20 The Cardiovascular System: Blood Vessels
• 21 The Lymphatic System
• 22 Nonspecific Body Defenses and Immunity
• 23 The Respiratory System
• 24 The Digestive System
• 25 Nutrition, Metabolism, and Body Temperature Regulation
• 26 The Urinary System
• 27 Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance
• V Continuity
• 28 The Reproductive System
• 29 Pregnancy and Human Development
• 30 Heredity
• Appendices
• A The Metric System
• B Amino Acid Structures
• C Functional Groups in Organic Molecules
• D Some Important Metabolic Pathways
• E Periodic Table Elements
• F Reference Values for Selected Blood and Urine Studies
• G Answers to Multiple Choice, Matching, and Clinical Connections
• Questions
• Glossy
• Index

Notas de autor provistas por Syndetics

Elaine N. Marieb was a college teacher when she went back to school for an R. N. degree and an M. S. in gerontological nursing. She is Professor Emeritus of biology at Holyoke Community College in Holyoke, Massachusetts and Visiting Professor at Edison Community College in Fort Myers, Florida.

Her book, Human Anatomy and Physiology, is part of the Benjamin/Cummings Series in the Life Sciences.

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