Title:
Study guide for Memmler's The human body in health and disease, 13th edition
Author:
Cohen, Barbara J.
ISBN:
9781451193480
Personal Author:
Edition:
Thirteen edition.
Physical Description:
viii, 496 pages : illustrations ; 28 cm.
General Note:
To be used in conjunction with Memmler's The human body in health and disease 13th edition.
Contents:
Unit I The Body as a Whole -- 1.Organization of the Human Body -- 2.Chemistry, Matter, and Life -- 3.Cells and their Functions -- 4.Tissues, Glands, and Membranes -- Unit II Disease and the First Line of Defense -- 5.Disease and Disease-Producing Organisms -- 6.The Integumentary System -- Unit III Movement and Support -- 7.The Skeleton: Bones and Joints -- 8.The Muscular System -- Unit IV Coordination and Control -- 9.The Nervous System: The Spinal Cord and Spinal Nerves -- 10.The Nervous System: The Brain and Cranial Nerves -- 11.The Sensory System -- 12.The Endocrine System: Glands and Hormones -- Unit V Circulation and Body Defense -- 13.The Blood -- 14.The Heart and Heart Disease -- 15.Blood Vessels and Blood Circulation -- 16.The Lymphatic System and Lymphoid Tissue -- 17.Immunity -- Unit VI Energy: Supply and Use -- 18.The Respiratory System -- 19.The Digestive System -- 20.Metabolism, Nutrition, and Body Temperature -- 21.Body Fluids -- 22.The Urinary System -- Unit VII Perpetuation of Life -- 23.The Male and Female Reproductive Systems -- 24.Development and Birth -- 25. Heredity and hereditary diseases.
Abstract:
"This Study Guide is the ideal companion to the Thirteenth Edition of Memmler's The Human Body in Health and Disease, the acclaimed classic text for anatomy and physiology. Following the text's organization chapter by chapter, the Study Guide offers a full complement of self-study aids to engage students in learning and enable them to assess and build their knowledge as they advance through the text. Most importantly, it allows them to get the most out of their study time, with a variety of exercises that meet the needs of all types of learners. Self-study aids include all-new illustrations, chapter overviews, writing exercises, coloring and labeling exercises, concept maps, practical application scenarios, matching exercises, short-essay questions, multiple-choice, fill-in-the-blank, and true-false questions, and more." -- product website.
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