Anatomy Essentials For Dummies®

Table of Contents

1. Cover
2. Introduction
   1. About This Book
   2. Conventions Used in This Book
   3. Foolish Assumptions
   4. Icons Used in This Book
   5. Where to Go from Here
3. Chapter 1: Focusing on the Framework of Anatomy and Physiology
   1. Looking at the Science of Anatomy and Physiology
   2. Familiarizing Yourself with Anatomical Jargon
   3. Arranging Organisms by Levels of Organization
   4. Metabolism: Keeping Body Processes in Motion
   5. Balancing Bodily Reactions with Homeostasis
4. Chapter 2: Examining Cell Biology Basics
   1. How Cells Spend Their Time
   2. Exploring Eukaryotic Cells
   3. Macromolecules, the Building Blocks of Life
   4. Discovering How Genetic Material Makes You Who You Are
   5. Cycling through Life, Cell-Style
   6. Forming Tissues from Cells
5. Chapter 3: Scoping Out the Body’s Structural Layers
   1. The Skinny on Your Skeleton
   2. The 411 on the Muscular System
   3. An Introduction to the Integument
6. Chapter 4: Getting to the Heart of the Circulatory System
   1. Analyzing the Cardiac Anatomy
   2. Meet Your Blood Vessels
   3. Discovering What’s in Your Blood
   4. Focusing on the Physiology of Circulation
7. Chapter 5: Taking a Deep Breath with the Respiratory System
   1. Surveying the Duties of the Respiratory System
   2. Nosing around Your Respiratory Anatomy
   3. Discovering the Ins and Outs of Breathing
8. Chapter 6: Getting on Track with the Digestive System
   1. Your Digestive System in a Nutshell
   2. Moving through the Structures of the Digestive Tract
   3. Doing the Chemical Breakdown
9. Chapter 7: Passing through the Urinary System
   1. Running Down the Urinary System’s Responsibilities
   2. Surveying the Structures of the Urinary System
   3. The Yellow River
   4. Maintaining Homeostasis
10. Chapter 8: Making Babies: The Reproductive System
    1. Surveying the Functions of the Reproductive System
    2. Making Gametes
    3. The Egg-citing Female Reproductive System
    4. Furthering Fertilization: The Male Reproductive System
    5. Pausing for Pregnancy
11. Chapter 9: Exploring the Nervous, Endocrine, and Immune Systems
    1. Controlling It All: The Nervous System
    2. Sending Messages Chemical-Style with the Endocrine System
    3. Defending Your “Self” with the Immune System
12. Chapter 10: Ten Phabulous Physiology Phacts
    1. Only Humans Have Opposable Thumbs
    2. Human Milk Is the Best Milk
    3. You’re (Surprisingly) as Hairy as a Gorilla
    4. You Can Process Fear and Emotion
    5. You Smell Like You See
    6. Your Mouth Is More Efficient Than a Chimp’s
    7. Millions of Microbes Owe You Their Lives
    8. Oxygen Can be Dangerous
    9. You Can Control Your Breathing but Fido Can’t
    10. Hemoglobin Dominates Your Red Blood Cells
13. Index
14. About the Authors
15. Advertisement Page
16. Connect with Dummies
17. End User License Agreement

List of Tables

1. Chapter 1
   1. TABLE 1-1 Technical Anatomical Word Fragments
2. Chapter 2
   1. TABLE 2-1 Organelles of All Animal Cells
3. Chapter 3
   1. TABLE 3-1 Characteristics of Bone Types
   2. TABLE 3-2 Cell Characteristics of Muscle Cells
4. Chapter 6
   1. TABLE 6-1 Pancreatic Enzymes
5. Chapter 7
   1. TABLE 7-1 Nitrogenous Components of Urine and Their Sources

List of Illustrations

1. Chapter 1
   1. FIGURE 1-1: Levels of organization in the human body.
   2. FIGURE 1-2: The group of reactions that convert energy from fuel into ATP.
   3. FIGURE 1-3: The chemical structure of ADP and ATP.
2. Chapter 2
   1. FIGURE 2-1: A cutaway view of a basic animal cell and its organelles.
   2. FIGURE 2-2: The fluid-mosaic model of the cell membrane.
   3. FIGURE 2-3: The DNA replication process.
   4. FIGURE 2-4: The stages of mitosis: prophase, metaphase, anaphase, and telophase.
   5. FIGURE 2-5: The cellular composition of epithelial tissue.
3. Chapter 3
   1. FIGURE 3-1: Long bone structure.
   2. FIGURE 3-2: Muscle cell and tissue types.
   3. FIGURE 3-3: Anatomy of skeletal muscle tissue.
4. Chapter 4
   1. FIGURE 4-1: A typical healthy heart.
   2. FIGURE 4-2: The valves of the heart and how blood flows through them.
   3. FIGURE 4-3: The coronary arteries.
   4. FIGURE 4-4: The anatomy of an artery.
   5. FIGURE 4-5: Capillary exchange.
   6. FIGURE 4-6: Hepatic portal system (venous circulation).
   7. FIGURE 4-7: The conduction system of the heart.
   8. FIGURE 4-8: Pulmonary and systemic circulation working together through arterial...
5. Chapter 5
   1. FIGURE 5-1: Respiratory gases are exchanged by diffusion across alveolar and cap...
   2. FIGURE 5-2: The inspiration (inhalation) and expiration (exhalation) processes.
6. Chapter 6
   1. FIGURE 6-1: Structures of the mouth and pharynx.
   2. FIGURE 6-2: A closer look at the liver.
7. Chapter 7
   1. FIGURE 7-1: Transitional epithelium lines the bladder.
8. Chapter 8
   1. FIGURE 8-1: The human ovum.
   2. FIGURE 8-2: The menstrual cycle.
9. Chapter 9
   1. FIGURE 9-1: Motor neuron and sensory neuron, structure and path of impulses.

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