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1 online resource (625 pages) |
| Contents |
Intro; Inside Front Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface to the Eighth Edition; To the Instructor; To the Student; Acknowledgments; Contents; Chapter 1 Organization and General Plan of the Body; LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION; METABOLISM AND HOMEOSTASIS; TERMINOLOGY AND GENERAL PLAN OF THE BODY; SUMMARY; Chapter 2 Some Basic Chemistry; ELEMENTS; ATOMS; CHEMICAL BONDS; CHEMICAL REACTIONS; INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF IMPORTANCE; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF IMPORTANCE; SUMMARY; Chapter 3 Cells; CELL STRUCTURE; CELLULAR TRANSPORT MECHANISMS; THE GENETIC CODE AND PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; CELL DIVISION; AGING AND CELLS |
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ENERGY SOURCES FOR MUSCLECONTRACTIONMUSCLE FIBER-MICROSCOPICSTRUCTURE; CONTRACTION-THE SLIDING FILAMENTMECHANISM; RESPONSES TO EXERCISE-LONG-TERMBENEFITS AND MAINTAINING HOMEOSTASIS; AGING AND THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM; MAJOR MUSCLES OF THE BODY; Chapter 8 The Nervous System; NERVOUS SYSTEM DIVISIONS; NERVE TISSUE; THE NERVE IMPULSE; TYPES OF NEURONS; NERVES AND NERVE TRACTS; THE SPINAL CORD; THE BRAIN; MENINGES AND CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CRANIAL NERVES; THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM; AGING AND THE NERVOUS SYSTEM; SUMMARY; Chapter 9 The Senses; SENSORY PATHWAY; CHARACTERISTICS OF SENSATIONS |
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CUTANEOUS SENSESSENSE OF TASTE; MUSCLE SENSE; SENSE OF SMELL; HUNGER AND THIRST; THE EYE; THE EAR; ARTERIAL RECEPTORS; AGING AND THE SENSES; SUMMARY; Chapter 10 The Endocrine System; CHEMISTRY OF HORMONES; REGULATION OF HORMONE SECRETION; THE PITUITARY GLAND; THYROID GLAND; PARATHYROID GLANDS; PANCREAS; ADRENAL GLANDS; OVARIES; TESTES; OTHER HORMONES; MECHANISMS OF HORMONE ACTION; AGING AND THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM; SUMMARY; Chapter 11 Blood; CHARACTERISTICS OF BLOOD; PLASMA; BLOOD CELLS; SUMMARY; Chapte 12 The Heart; CARDIAC MUSCLE TISSUE; LOCATION AND PERICARDIALMEMBRANES |
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CHAMBERS-VESSELS AND VALVESCORONARY VESSELS; CARDIAC CYCLE AND HEART SOUNDS; CARDIAC CONDUCTION PATHWAY; HEART RATE; CARDIAC OUTPUT; REGULATION OF HEART RATE; AGING AND THE HEART; SUMMARY; Chapter 13 The Vascular System; ARTERIES; VEINS; CAPILLARIES; PATHWAYS OF CIRCULATION; VELOCITY OF BLOOD FLOW; BLOOD PRESSURE; REGULATION OF BLOOD PRESSURE; AGING AND THE VASCULAR SYSTEM; SUMMARY; Chapter 14 The Lymphatic System and Immunity; LYMPH; LYMPH VESSELS; LYMPHATIC TISSUE; IMMUNITY; AGING AND THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM; SUMMARY; Chapter 15 The Respiratory System; DIVISIONS OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM |
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Chapter 4 Tissues and Membranes; EPITHELIAL TISSUE; CONNECTIVE TISSUE; MUSCLE TISSUE; NERVE TISSUE; MEMBRANES; AGING AND TISSUES; SUMMARY; Chapter 5 The Integumentary System; THE SKIN; SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE; AGING AND THE INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM; SUMMARY; Chapter 6 The Skeletal System; FUNCTIONS OF THE SKELETON; TYPES OF BONE TISSUE; CLASSIFICATION OF BONES; EMBRYONIC GROWTH OF BONE; FACTORS THAT AFFECT BONE GROWTHAND MAINTENANCE; THE SKELETON; JOINTS-ARTICULATIONS; AGING AND THE SKELETAL SYSTEM; SUMMARY; Chapter 7 The Muscular System; MUSCLE STRUCTURE; MUSCLE TONE; MUSCLE SENSE |
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| Notes |
MECHANISM OF BREATHING |
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Print version record |
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Sanders, Tina
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| ISBN |
9780803690066 |
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0803690061 |
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