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Table of Contents:
UNIT 1: ORGANIZATION OF THE BODY
The Human Body: An Orientation
Chemistry Comes Alive
Cells: The Living Units
Tissue: The Living Fabric
UNIT 2: COVERING, SUPPORT, AND MOVEMENT OF THE BODY
The Integumentary System
Bones and Skeletal Tissue
The Skeleton
Joints
Muscles and Muscle Tissue
The Muscular System
UNIT 3: REGULATION AND INTEGRATION OF THE BODY
Fundamentals of the Nervous System and Nervous Tissue
The Central Nervous System
The Peripheral Nervous System and Reflex Activity
The Autonomic Nervous System
The Special Senses
The Endocrine System
UNIT 4: MAINTENANCE OF THE BODY
Blood
The Cardiovascular System: The Heart
The Cardiovascular System: Blood Vessels
The Lymphatic System and Lymphoid Organs and Tissues
The Immune System: Innate and Adaptive Body Defenses
The Respiratory System
The Digestive System
Nutrition, Metabolism, and Body Temperature Regulation
The Urinary System
Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance
UNIT 5: CONTINUITY
The Reproductive System
Pregnancy and Human Development
Heredity
About the Author :
About our authors Elaine Marieb received her Ph.D. in Zoology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and joined the faculty of the Biological Science Division of Holyoke Community College. While teaching at Holyoke Community College, where many of her students were pursuing nursing degrees, she developed a desire to better understand the relationship between the scientific study of the human body and the clinical aspects of nursing practice.
To that end, while continuing to teach full-time, Dr. Marieb pursued her nursing education, which culminated in a Master of Science degree with a clinical specialization in gerontology from the University of Massachusetts. It is this experience that has informed the development of the unique perspective and accessibility for which her publications are known.
Dr. Marieb passed away in 2018 after a lifetime of supporting numerous institutions and programs and providing local philanthropic support to the Florida Gulf Coast University as a long-term investment in education, research, and training.
Dr. Katja Hoehn is a professor in the Department of Biology at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Canada. She received her M.D. (with Distinction) from the University of Saskatchewan, and her Ph.D. in Pharmacology from Dalhousie University.
During her Ph.D. and postdoctoral studies, she also pursued her passion for teaching by presenting guest lectures to first- and second-year medical students at Dalhousie University and the University of Calgary.
Dr. Hoehn has been a contributor to several books, written numerous research papers in Neuroscience and Pharmacology, and has co-authored the last four editions of this textbook. For many years, she has also reviewed and authored electronic media that accompanies Pearson's anatomy and physiology books.
