Visualizing Human Biology, 2nd Edition,9780470390740

Visualizing Human Biology, 2nd Edition

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9780470390740
ISBN10: 0470390743
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2009-01-01
Publisher(s): Wiley
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Summary

Visualizing Human Biology engages medical professionals to connect the science to their own lives through stunning visuals. It presents the important concepts of human biology as they relate to the world we live in. The role of the human in the environment is stressed throughout, ensuring that topics such as evolution, ecology, and chemistry are introduced in a non-threatening and logical fashion.The second edition includes revised art that helps make the concepts easier to understand, and additional visualizing features have been integrated throughout the chapters. The material has also been streamlined, making this a concise resource for medical professionals.

Table of Contents

What is Life?
Where Do We Come From and Where Do We Fit?
Everyday Chemistry of Life
Cells: Organization and Communication
Tissues
The Skeleto-muscular System
The Nervous System
The Special Senses
Immunity and the Lymphatic System
Infectious Disease and Epidemiology
Cancer
The Cardiovascular System
The Respiratory System: Movement of Air
Nutrition: You Are What You Eat
The Digestive System
The Urinary System
The Endocrine System and Development
The Reproductive Systems: Maintaining the Species
Pregnancy: Development from Conception to Newborn
Inheritance, Genetics, and Molecular Biology
Populations Evolve in Ecosystems
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