Norris M., Siegfried D.R., Cumbay M. Anatomy Essentials For Dummies

New Jersey: John Wiley & Sons, 2019. — 195 p.The core concepts you need to ace Anatomy
Perfect for those just starting out or returning to Anatomy after some time away, Anatomy Essentials For Dummies focuses on core concepts taught (and tested on!) in a typical Anatomy course. From names and technical terms to how the body works, you'll skip the suffering and score high marks at exam time with the help of Anatomy Essentials For Dummies.
Designed for students who want the key concepts and a few examples — without the review, ramp-up, and anecdotal content — Anatomy Essentials For Dummies is a perfect solution for exam-cramming, homework help, and reference.
A useful and handy reference to the anatomy of the human body
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If you have some knowledge of anatomy and want to polish your skills, Anatomy Essentials For Dummies focuses on just the core concepts you need to understand this fascinating topic.
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Where to Go from Here
Chapter Focusing on the Framework of Anatomy and Physiology
Breaking down the subsets of anatomy
Familiarizing Yourself with Anatomical Jargon
Level II: The tissue level
Metabolism: Keeping Body Processes in Motion
Seeing why your cells metabolize
Understanding the process behind cellular metabolism
Regulating body temperature
Maintaining a fluid balance
Examining blood glucose concentration
Gauging variables that keep the body balanced
How Cells Spend Their Time
Constructing and moving products
Exploring Eukaryotic Cells
Enclosing it all with the cell membrane
Seeing how mitochondria provide energy to cells
Taking out the trash with lysosomes
Naming the nucleic acids and nucleotides
Peeking at proteins
Discovering How Genetic Material Makes You Who You Are
Pushing ahead to DNA replication
Entering mitosis
Linking structures with connective tissue
Reviewing types of epithelial tissue
Chapter Scoping Out the Body’s Structural Layers
Examining the skeleton’s makeup
Surveying joints and their movements
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
Analyzing the Cardiac Anatomy
Examining 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
Plasma: Your protein carrier
Red blood cells: In charge of moving O and CO
Focusing on the Physiology of Circulation
The cardiac cycle: Conducting electricity
On the beating path: Blood flow through the heart and body
Measuring the importance of blood pressure
Hemostasis: Stopping the flow
Surveying the Duties of the Respiratory System
Nosing around Your Respiratory Anatomy
Passing through the pharynx
Winding through the windpipe, or trachea
The lungs: The pair that just don’t quit
Exchanging gases at the respiratory membrane
The comptroller of ventilation: The diaphragm
Breathing under normal conditions
Controlling your breathing
Chapter Getting on Track with the Digestive System
Your Digestive System in a Nutshell
Allowing entry: The mouth
Sending food to the stomach: The pharynx and esophagus
Lining it up: The walls
Breaking it all down: The stomach
Importing and exporting: The intestines
Doing the Chemical Breakdown
The liver
The pancreas
Digestive fluids, enzymes, and hormones
Running Down the Urinary System’s Responsibilities
Creating urine: The kidneys
Holding and releasing: The urinary tract
Looking at the composition of urine
Filtering the blood
Reabsorbing selectively
Maintaining Homeostasis
Connecting fluid balance and blood pressure
Regulating blood pH
Surveying the Functions of the Reproductive System
Making Gametes
Producing female gametes: Ova
Merging ova and sperm to determine sex
A woman’s reproductive organs
A woman’s (approximately) monthly cycle
Furthering Fertilization: The Male Reproductive System
A man’s reproductive organs
Seminal fluid and ejaculation
Achieving fertilization
Adapting to pregnancy
Going through labor and delivery
Chapter Exploring the Nervous, Endocrine, and Immune Systems
Surveying the neural tissues
Traveling the integrated networks
Sending Messages Chemical-Style with the Endocrine System
Homing in on hormones
Grouping the glands
Defending Your “Self” with the Immune System
Loving Your Lymphatic System
Identifying immune system cells
Only Humans Have Opposable Thumbs
You’re (Surprisingly) as Hairy as a Gorilla
You Smell Like You See
Oxygen Can be Dangerous
You Can Control Your Breathing but Fido Can’t
Hemoglobin Dominates Your Red Blood CellsEULA