Main description:

This outstanding new textbook has been written specifically for students of nursing and allied health sciences to help them better understand the fundamentals of human anatomy and physiology. The material is aimed at providing an insight into how the body is structured, how it functions, and how the alterations in normal structure and function result in disease. The book is organised in twelve sections, with each section sub-divided into several chapters. The first section is devoted to general anatomy and physiology, and the remaining eleven deal with the body, system by system. The text has been designed to give maximum pedagogic impact, so that students can easily understand, retain and reproduce it, by means of various headings, sub-headings, bold face, italics and bullet points, along with an attractive full-colour format throughout. "Anatomy and Physiology for Nursing and Health Care Students" is a welcome addition to the range of textbooks on the subject and will prove to be required reading for students of various medical disciplines.

Contents:

1. General Principles of Anatomy and Physiology 2. Blood and Immune System 3. Integumentary System 4. Skeletal System 5. Muscular System 6. Cardiovascular System 7. Respiratory System 8. Digestive System 9. Excretory System 11. Reproductive System 12. Nervous System and Special Senses