Description |
1 online resource (515 p.) |
Contents |
Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- About This Book -- Foolish Assumptions -- Icons Used in This Book -- Beyond the Book -- Where to Go from Here -- Unit 1 Locating Physiology on the Web of Knowledge -- Chapter 1 Learning a New Language: How to Speak Fluent A&P -- A Word about Jargon -- Looking at the Body from the Proper Perspective -- Getting in position -- Dividing the anatomy -- Mapping the regions -- Casing your cavities -- Getting Organized -- Level 1: The organism level -- Level 2: The organ system level -- Level 3: The organ level |
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Level 4: The tissue level -- Level 5: The cellular level -- Level 6: The molecular level -- Whaddya Know? Chapter 1 Quiz -- Answers to Chapter 1 Quiz -- Chapter 2 Better Living through Chemistry -- What's the Matter? -- Keep Your Ion the Prize -- Try on some ions -- Water, water everywhere -- Remaining neutral -- Building Blocks That Build You -- Carbohydrates -- Lipids -- Proteins -- Amino acids -- Enzymes -- Nucleic acids -- Metabolism: It's More Than Just Food -- Charging Your Batteries -- Practice Questions Answers and Explanations -- Whaddya Know? Chapter 2 Quiz -- Answers to Chapter 2 Quiz |
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Chapter 3 The Secret Life of Cells -- Keeping Same Things the Same: Homeostasis -- Maintaining a constant temperature: Thermoregulation -- Swimming in H2O: Fluid balance -- Division of Labor -- Mission Control: The nucleus -- The workhorses: Organelles and their functions -- Controlling the Ins and Outs -- Diffusion -- Osmosis -- Active transport -- Divide and Conquer -- Walking through the cell cycle -- Waiting for action: Interphase -- Sorting out the parts: Prophase -- Dividing at the equator: Metaphase -- Packing up to move out: Anaphase -- Pinching off: Telophase -- Splitting up: Cytokinesis |
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Differentiation -- Practice Questions Answers and Explanations -- Whaddya Know? Chapter 3 Quiz -- Answers to Chapter 3 Quiz -- Chapter 4 Joining Forces: Cells Organize into Tissues -- Covering Up: Epithelial Tissues -- Making a Connection: Connective Tissues -- Proper connective tissue -- Specialized connective tissue -- Flexing It: Muscle Tissues -- Getting the Signal Across: Nervous Tissue -- Whaddya Know? Chapter 4 Quiz -- Answers to Chapter 4 Quiz -- Unit 2 Weaving It All Together: The Structural Layers -- Chapter 5 It's Just Skin Deep: The Integumentary System |
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Meet & Greet and Love the Skin You're In -- Digging Deep into Dermatology -- Don't judge this book by its cover: The epidermis -- The thin, impervious cover -- The transit zone -- The cell farm -- The basement -- Exploring the dermis -- Under the basement -- The manufacturing site -- Getting under your skin: The hypodermis -- No Skin Is Complete without Accessories -- Wigging out about hair -- Nailing nails -- The oil slick -- Sweating the details -- Grateful for glands -- Your Sensational Skin -- Practice Questions Answers and Explanations -- Whaddya Know? Chapter 5 Quiz |
Notes |
Answers to Chapter 5 Quiz |
Subject |
Human anatomy -- Outlines, syllabi, etc
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Human physiology -- Outlines, syllabi, etc
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Human anatomy -- Problems, exercises, etc
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Human physiology -- Problems, exercises, etc
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Human anatomy
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Human physiology
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Outlines and syllabi
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Problems and exercises
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Electronic book
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ISBN |
9781394153664 |
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139415366X |
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