Anatomy & physiology / by Erin Odya and Maggie Norris.

By:

Odya, Erin [author.]

Contributor(s):

Norris, Maggie [author.]

Material type: Text

TextLanguage: English Series: For dummiesPublication details: Hoboken, NJ : For Dummies, a Wiley brand, c2017.Edition: Third editionDescription: xiv, 368 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmContent type:

text

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unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

ISBN:

9781119345237 (pbk.)
1119345235 (pbk.)

Other title:

Anatomy and physiology
Anatomy & physiology for dummies
Anatomy and physiology for dummies

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LOC classification:

QP34.5 Od9 2017

Online resources:

Contents:

Part 1: Locating physiology on the web of knowledge -- Anatomy and physiology: the big picture -- What your body does all day -- A bit about cell biology -- Part 2: Sizing up the structural layers -- Getting the skinny on skin, hair, and nails -- Scrutinizing the skeletal system -- Muscles: setting you in motion -- Part 3: Talking to yourself -- The nervous system: your body’s circuit board -- The endocrine system: releasing chemical messages -- Part 4: Exploring the inner workings of the body -- The cardiovascular system: getting your blood pumping -- The respiratory system: breathing life into your body -- The digestive system: beginning the breakdown -- The urinary system: cleaning up the act -- The lymphatic system: living in a microbe jungle -- Part 5: Life’s rich pageant: reproduction and development -- The reproductive system -- Change and development over the life span -- Part 6: The part of tens -- Ten (or so) chemistry concepts related to anatomy and physiology -- Ten phabulous physiology phacts.

Summary: Combines anatomical terminology and function so readers not only learn names and terms but also gain an understanding of how the human body works. Readers of this updated edition will come to understand the meanings of terms in anatomy and physiology, will get to know the body's anatomical structures, and will gain insights into how the structures and systems function in sickness and health.-- Source other than Library of Congress.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Materials specified	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode
Books	Ladislao N. Diwa Memorial Library Reserve Section	Non-fiction	RUS QP34.5 Od9 2017 (Browse shelf(Opens below))		Room use only	77926		00077875

Includes index.

Previous edition: 2016.

Part 1: Locating physiology on the web of knowledge -- Anatomy and physiology: the big picture -- What your body does all day -- A bit about cell biology
-- Part 2: Sizing up the structural layers -- Getting the skinny on skin, hair, and nails -- Scrutinizing the skeletal system -- Muscles: setting you in motion
-- Part 3: Talking to yourself -- The nervous system: your body’s circuit board -- The endocrine system: releasing chemical messages -- Part 4: Exploring the inner workings of the body -- The cardiovascular system: getting your blood pumping -- The respiratory system: breathing life into your body -- The digestive system: beginning the breakdown -- The urinary system: cleaning up the act -- The lymphatic system: living in a microbe jungle -- Part 5: Life’s rich pageant: reproduction and development -- The reproductive system -- Change and development over the life span -- Part 6: The part of tens -- Ten (or so) chemistry concepts related to anatomy and physiology -- Ten phabulous physiology phacts.

Combines anatomical terminology and function so readers not only learn names and terms but also gain an understanding of how the human body works. Readers of this updated edition will come to understand the meanings of terms in anatomy and physiology, will get to know the body's anatomical structures, and will gain insights into how the structures and systems function in sickness and health.-- Source other than Library of Congress.

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