Anatomy & Physiology for Dummies
By: Donna Rae Siegfried.
Publisher: Wiley Publishing, Inc.
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Number of pages: 356
Subjects: Siegfried, Donna Rae.; Human anatomy.; Human physiology.
Table of contents: title: part 1. Positioning yourself to study anatomy - Parts of the whole - Spanning the ages: what your body does throughout its life - Forming your foundation; title: part 2. Anatomy from head to toe - Boning up on the skeletal system - Bulking you up on muscles - The great coverup: skin; title: part 3. Focusing on physiology - Getting on your nerves: the nervous system - Moaning about hormones: the endocrine system - Putting your heart in it: the circulatory system - Breathe a sigh of relief: the respiratory system - Breaking down: the digestive system - Cleaning up: the urinary system - Fighting fairly: the immune system; title: part 4. Creating new bodies - What a production! reproduction - Here I grow again: birth and development; title: part 5. The part of tens - Ten ways to keep your body healthy - Ten great anatomy & physiology web sites.