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• Cover
• Introduction
• About This Book
• Foolish Assumptions
• Icons Used in This Book
• Beyond the Book
• Where to Go from Here
• Part 1: Locating Physiology on the Web of Knowledge
• Chapter 1: Anatomy and Physiology: The Big Picture
• Scientifically Speaking
• A Little Chat about Jargon
• Looking at the Body from the Proper Perspective
• Organizing Yourself on Many Levels
• Chapter 2: What Your Body Does All Day
• Transferring Energy: A Body’s Place in the World
• Building Up and Breaking Down: Metabolism
• Staying in Range: Homeostasis
• Growing, Replacing, and Renewing
• Chapter 3: A Bit about Cell Biology
• The Functions of Cells
• Seeing the Inside of Eukaryotic Cells
• Building Blocks That Build You
• Genes and Genetic Material
• The Cell Cycle
• Organizing Cells into Tissues
• Part 2: Sizing Up the Structural Layers
• Chapter 4: Getting the Skinny on Skin, Hair, and Nails
• Functions of the Integument
• Structure of the Integument
• Accessorizing Your Skin
• Your Skin Saving You
• Pathophysiology of the Integument
• Chapter 5: Scrutinizing the Skeletal System
• Reporting for Duty: The Jobs of Your Skeleton
• Checking Out the Skeleton’s Makeup
• Bone Growth and Remodeling
• The Axial Skeleton
• The Appendicular Skeleton
• Joints and the Movements They Allow
• Pathophysiology of the Skeletal System
• Chapter 6: Muscles: Setting You in Motion
• Functions of the Muscular System
• Talking about Tissue Types
• Getting a Grip on the Sliding Filament
• Naming the Skeletal Muscles
• Pathophysiology of the Muscular System
• Part 3: Talking to Yourself
• Chapter 7: The Nervous System: Your Body’s Circuit Board
• Integrating the Input with the Output
• Integrated Networks
• Thinking about Your Brain
• Transmitting the Impulse
• Making Sense of Your Senses
• Pathophysiology of the Nervous System
• Chapter 8: The Endocrine System: Releasing Chemical Messages
• Homing In on Hormones
• Grouping the Glands
• Pathophysiology of the Endocrine System
• Part 4: Exploring the Inner Workings of the Body
• Chapter 9: The Cardiovascular System: Getting Your Blood Pumping
• Getting Substances from Here to There
• Carrying Cargo: Your Blood and What’s in It
• Looking at Your Blood Vessels
• Cardiac Anatomy
• Cardiac Cycle
• Physiology of Circulation
• Pathophysiology of the Cardiovascular System
• Chapter 10: The Respiratory System: Breathing Life into Your Body
• Functions of the Respiratory System
• Nosing around Your Respiratory Anatomy
• Breathing: Everybody’s Doing It
• Gas Exchange
• Pathophysiology of the Respiratory System
• Chapter 11: The Digestive System: Beginning the Breakdown
• Functions of the Digestive System
• The Alimentary Canal
• Accessory Organs
• Pathophysiology of the Digestive System
• Chapter 12: The Urinary System: Cleaning Up the Act
• Functions of the Urinary System
• Structures of the Urinary System
• The Yellow River
• Maintaining Homeostasis
• Pathophysiology of the Urinary System
• Chapter 13: The Lymphatic System: Living in a Microbe Jungle
• Functions of the Lymphatic System
• Loving Your Lymphatic System
• Identifying Immune System Cells
• Examining Immune System Molecules
• Immune System Mechanisms
• Adaptive Immunity
• Pathophysiology of the Immune System
• Part 5: Life’s Rich Pageant: Reproduction and Development
• Chapter 14: The Reproductive System
• Functions of the Reproductive System
• Producing Gametes
• The Female Reproductive System
• The Male Reproductive System
• Pausing for Pregnancy
• Pathophysiology of the Reproductive System
• Chapter 15: Change and Development over the Life Span
• Programming Development
• Development before Birth
• The Human Life Span
• Part 6: The Part of Tens
• Chapter 16: Ten (Or So) Chemistry Concepts Related to Anatomy and Physiology
• Energy Can Neither Be Created Nor Destroyed
• Everything Falls Apart
• Everything’s in Motion
• Probability Rules
• Polarity Charges Life
• Water Is Special
• Fluids and Solids
• Under Pressure
• Redox Reactions Transfer Electrons
• Chapter 17: Ten Phabulous Physiology Phacts
• Unique to You: Hands, Fingers, Thumbs
• Nothing’s Better than Mother’s Milk
• It’s Apparent: Your Hair Is Different
• The Only Thing You Have to Fear Is …
• You Smell Well!
• Microbes: We Are Their World
• The Pesky Appendix
• Talkin’ about Breath Control
• Taking Your First Breath
• Is Blood Really Blue?
• About the Authors
• Supplemental Images
• Connect with Dummies
• End User License Agreement