The Massage Connection: Anatomy and Physiology

✍ Scribed by Kalyani Premkumar

• Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 656
• Series: Lww Massage Therapy & Bodywork Series
• Edition: Second
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This is the anatomy and physiology text written especially for students and practitioners of massage therapy. This edition integrates massage therapy concepts within the anatomy and physiology content, including sections that discuss how massage interacts with the body systems. The book covers all of the major body systems—integumentary, skeletal, muscular, and nervous systems—that are crucial to effective massage therapy, and provides an overview of other body systems to give students a well-rounded understanding of anatomy and physiology.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter......Page 1
Preface......Page 5
Acknowledgments......Page 7
Figure Credits......Page 8
Contents......Page 10
1. Introduction......Page 25
2. Integumentary System......Page 79
3. Skeletal System and Joints......Page 111
4. Muscular System......Page 199
5. Nervous System......Page 325
6. Endocrine System......Page 415
7. Reproductive System......Page 445
8. Cardiovascular System......Page 477
9. Lymphatic System......Page 531
10. Respiratory System......Page 565
11. Digestive System......Page 599
12. Urinary System......Page 631

✦ Subjects

Библиотека;Здоровье и народная медицина;Массаж;Классический европейский массаж;