Main description:

Human Anatomy & Physiology continues the authors' tradition of innovation, with a focus on effective ways to help students learn.

Suitable for learners at every level - Applications throughout the text aim to help students at every level understand the content.
Practical scenarios - Challenges students to apply their knowledge to realistic clinical scenarios.
Career-focused - Offers a range of activities that connect the content to everyday work as a health professional.

Contents:

Unit 1. Organization of the Body

1 The Human Body: An Orientation

2 Chemistry Comes Alive

3 Cells: The Living Units

4 Tissue: The Living Fabric

Unit 2. Covering, Support, and Movement of the Body

5 The Integumentary System

6 Bones and Skeletal Tissue

7 The Skeleton

8 Joints

9 Muscles and Muscle Tissue

10 The Muscular System

Unit 3. Regulation and Integration of the Body

11 Fundamentals of the Nervous System and Nervous Tissue

12 The Central Nervous System

13 The Peripheral Nervous System and Reflex Activity

14 The Autonomic Nervous System

15 The Special Senses

16 The Endocrine System

Unit 4. Maintenance of the Body

17 Blood

18 The Cardiovascular System: The Heart

19 The Cardiovascular System: Blood Vessels

20 The Lymphatic System and Lymphoid Organs and Tissues

21 The Immune System: Innate and Adaptive Body Defenses

22 The Respiratory System

23 The Digestive System

24 Nutrition, Metabolism, and Body Temperature Regulation

25 The Urinary System

26 Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance

Unit 5. Continuity

27 The Reproductive System

28 Pregnancy and Human Development

29 Heredity