Essentials of Anatomy and Physiology

✍ Scribed by Valerie C. Scanlon, Tina Sanders

Publisher: F.A. Davis Company
Year: 2018
Tongue: English
Leaves: 625
Edition: 8
Category: Library

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✦ Table of Contents

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
SUMMARY
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
ENERGY SOURCES FOR MUSCLECONTRACTION
MUSCLE 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
CUTANEOUS SENSES
SENSE 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
CHAMBERS—VESSELS AND VALVES
CORONARY 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
MECHANISM OF BREATHING
PULMONARY VOLUMES
EXCHANGE OF GASES
TRANSPORT OF GASES IN THE BLOOD
REGULATION OF RESPIRATION
RESPIRATION AND ACID–BASE BALANCE
AGING AND THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
SUMMARY
Chapter 16 The Digestive System
DIVISIONS OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
TYPES OF DIGESTION
ORAL CAVITY
PHARYNX
ESOPHAGUS
STRUCTURAL LAYERS OF THE ALIMENTARY TUBE
STOMACH
SMALL INTESTINE
LIVER
GALLBLADDER
PANCREAS
COMPLETION OF DIGESTIONAND ABSORPTION
LARGE INTESTINE
OTHER FUNCTIONS OF THE LIVER
AGING AND THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM
SUMMARY
Chapter 17 Body Temperature and Metabolism
BODY TEMPERATURE
METABOLISM
AGING AND METABOLISM
SUMMARY
Chapter 18 The Urinary System
KIDNEYS
FORMATION OF URINE
THE KIDNEYS AND ACID–BASE BALANCE
OTHER FUNCTIONS OF THE KIDNEYS
ELIMINATION OF URINE
CHARACTERISTICS OF URINE
AGING AND THE URINARY SYSTEM
SUMMARY
SUMMARY
Chapter 19 Fluid–Electrolyte and Acid–Base Balance
WATER COMPARTMENTS
WATER INTAKE AND OUTPUT
ELECTROLYTES
ACID–BASE BALANCE
AGING AND FLUID AND pH REGULATION
Chapter 20 The Reproductive Systems
MEIOSIS
MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM
AGING AND THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS
SUMMARY
Chatper 21 Human Development and Genetics
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
GENETICS
Chapter 22 An Introduction to Microbiology and Human Disease
CLASSIFICATION OF MICROORGANISMS
NORMAL FLORA–MICROBIOTA
INFECTIOUS DISEASE
EPIDEMIOLOGY
METHODS OF CONTROL OF MICROBES
THE PATHOGENS
SUMMARY
Appendix A Units of Measure
Appendix B Abbreviations
Appendix C Normal Values for Some Commonly Used Blood Tests
Appendix D Normal Values for Some Commonly Used Urine Tests
Appendix E Eponymous Terms
Appendix F Prefixes, Combining Word Roots, and Suffixes Used in Medical Terminology
Appendix G Answers to Illustration Questions
Appendix H Answers to Takeaways Questions
Glossary
Index

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