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