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Anatomy Demystified

1st Edition

0071471103 · 9780071471107

By Dale Layman

Say goodbye to dry presentations, grueling formulas, and abstract theories that would put Einstein to sleep -- now there's an easier way to master the disciplines you really need to know.McGraw-Hill's Demystified Series teaches complex subjects in a … Read More

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PART 1: THE JOURNEY BEGINS

CHAPTER 1: Anatomy: Our Inner World of Bodyspace

CHAPTER 2: "Cutting Up" Human Bodyspace

CHAPTER 3: Systemic Anatomy: A Fly-by of the Organ Systems

PART 2: THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF BODY STRUCTURE

CHAPTER 4: Hidden Chemicals In Our Body Basement: The Great Pyramid Starts Out As a Midget!

CHAPTER 5: Anatomy of Cells and Tissues: Tiny Chambers Form the Body "Fabric"

PART 3: THE BODY AS A BAG OF BONES AND MUSCLES

CHAPTER 6: Our Tough Hide: Anatomy of the Skin

CHAPTER 7: Our Tough Inside: Anatomy of the Skeleton

CHAPTER 8: The Muscular System = A Bunch of "Little Mice" Hanging on Our Skeleton!

PART 4: THE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND GLANDS: A BUNCH OF "TREES" AND "ACORNS"

CHAPTER 9: The Nervous System and Organs of the "Special Senses"

CHAPTER 10: Glands: The Secreting "Acorns"

PART 5: PUMPS, PIPES, AND VESSELS FOR BLOOD & AIR

CHAPTER 11: The Circulatory System: A Vasc Responsibility to Play Our "Cardi's" Right!

CHAPTER 12: The Anatomy of Blood and Lymph: Red Stuff and "Clear Spring Water"

CHAPTER 13: It's All About The Respiratory "Trees": Their Branches Sway In the Airy "Breeze"

PART 6: "DOWN-UNDER" ORGAN SYSTEMS, OR THE BODY LAND "BELOW OUR BELT"

CHAPTER 14: The Digestive Tract: A Rabbit-Hole Outside the Body!

CHAPTER 15: The Genitourinary System - Keeper of Our Urine and (GASP!) Sex

Final Exam

Appendix: Answers to Quiz, Test, and Final Exam Questions

Index

Say goodbye to dry presentations, grueling formulas, and abstract theories that would put Einstein to sleep -- now there's an easier way to master the disciplines you really need to know.

McGraw-Hill's Demystified Series teaches complex subjects in a unique, easy-to-absorb manner, and is perfect for users without formal training or unlimited time. They're also the most time-efficient, interestingly written "brush-ups" you can find.

Organized as self-teaching guides, they come complete with key points, background information, questions at the end of each chapter, and even final exams. You'll be able to learn more in less time, evaluate your areas of strength and weakness and reinforce your knowledge and confidence.

This clear, heavily-illustrated guide to the human body covers anatomy of cells and tissues, muscle tissue, major muscles of the body, nervous tissue, membranes, organs, cancer, the skin, the human skeleton, the nervous system, glands, the senses, the cardiovascular system, the immune system, the respiratory system, digestion, genitourinary system, the embryo, and more.