Anatomy essentials for dummies / by Maggie Norris and Donna Rae Siegfried, with Medhane Cumbay.

Anatomy Essentials For Dummies (9781119590156) was previously published as Anatomy Essentials For Dummies (9781118184219). While this version features a new Dummies cover and design, the content is the same as the prior release and should not be considered a new or updated product. The core concepts...

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Main Authors: Norris, Maggie (Writer) (Author), Siegfried, Donna Rae (Author), Cumbay, Medhane (Author)
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Language:English
Published: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., [2019]
Series:--For dummies.
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505 0 |a Intro; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Introduction; About This Book; Conventions Used in This Book; Foolish Assumptions; Icons Used in This Book; Where to Go from Here; Chapter 1 Focusing on the Framework of Anatomy and Physiology; Looking at the Science of Anatomy and Physiology; Fitting anatomy and physiology into science; Breaking down the subsets of anatomy; Familiarizing Yourself with Anatomical Jargon; Arranging Organisms by Levels of Organization; Level I: The cellular level; Level II: The tissue level; Level III: The organ level; Level IV: The organ system level 
505 8 |a Level V: The organism levelMetabolism: Keeping Body Processes in Motion; Seeing why your cells metabolize; Understanding the process behind cellular metabolism; Balancing Bodily Reactions with Homeostasis; Regulating body temperature; Maintaining a fluid balance; Examining blood glucose concentration; Gauging variables that keep the body balanced; Chapter 2 Examining Cell Biology Basics; How Cells Spend Their Time; Creating new cells; Manufacturing tissues; Constructing and moving products; Transmitting signals around the body; Exploring Eukaryotic Cells 
505 8 |a Enclosing it all with the cell membraneRelinquishing control to the nucleus; Giving the organelles a place to hang in the cytoplasm; Seeing how mitochondria provide energy to cells; Producing protein in the endoplasmic reticulum (ER); Taking out the trash with lysosomes; Macromolecules, the Building Blocks of Life; Naming the nucleic acids and nucleotides; Energizing organisms with polysaccharides; Peeking at proteins; Discovering How Genetic Material Makes You Who You Are; Cycling through Life, Cell-Style; Progressing through interphase; Pushing ahead to DNA replication; Entering mitosis 
505 8 |a Forming Tissues from CellsLinking structures with connective tissue; Reviewing types of epithelial tissue; Chapter 3 Scoping Out the Body's Structural Layers; The Skinny on Your Skeleton; Examining the skeleton's makeup; Surveying joints and their movements; The 411 on the Muscular System; Seeing what your skeletal muscles do; Taking a look at tissue types; Making muscles contract: The sliding filament model; An Introduction to the Integument; Studying up on the structure of the integument; Accessorizing your skin; Chapter 4 Getting to the Heart of the Circulatory System 
505 8 |a Analyzing the Cardiac AnatomyExamining the shape of the heart; Looking at the heart's tissues; Observing how blood flows to (and from) the heart; Meet Your Blood Vessels; Beginning at the arteries; Moving on to the capillaries; Traveling through the veins; Discovering What's in Your Blood; Plasma: Your protein carrier; Red blood cells: In charge of moving O2 and CO2; Platelets: The clotting cells; White blood cells: The body's defenders; Focusing on the Physiology of Circulation; The cardiac cycle: Conducting electricity; On the beating path: Blood flow through the heart and body 
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