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Some people think that knowing about what goes on inside the human body can sap life of its mystery\u2014which is too bad for them. Anybody who’s ever taken a peak under the hood knows that the human body, and all its various structures and functions, is a realm of awe-inspiring complexity and countless wonders. The dizzying dance of molecule, cell, tissue, organ, muscle, sinew, and bone that we call life can be a thing of breathtaking beauty and humbling perfection.<\/p>\n
Anatomy & Physiology For Dummies<\/i> combines anatomical terminology and function so you’ll learn not only names and terms but also gain an understanding of how the human body works. Whether you’re a student, an aspiring medical, healthcare or fitness professional, or just someone who’s curious about the human body and how it works, this book offers you a fun, easy way to get a handle on the basics of anatomy and physiology.<\/p>\n Written in plain English and packed with beautiful illustrations, Anatomy & Physiology For Dummies<\/i> is your guide to a fantastic voyage of the human body.<\/p>\n Introduction<\/b> 1<\/b><\/p>\n About This Book 2<\/p>\n Foolish Assumptions 2<\/p>\n Icons Used in This Book 3<\/p>\n Beyond the Book 3<\/p>\n Where to Go from Here 4<\/p>\n Part 1: Locating Physiology on the Web of Knowledge<\/b> 5<\/b><\/p>\n Chapter 1: Anatomy and Physiology: The Big Picture<\/b> 7<\/b><\/p>\n Scientifically Speaking 7<\/p>\n How anatomy and physiology fit into science 8<\/p>\n Anatomy, gross and otherwise 10<\/p>\n A Little Chat about Jargon 11<\/p>\n Creating better communication 11<\/p>\n Establishing precise terminology 11<\/p>\n Looking at the Body from the Proper Perspective 13<\/p>\n Getting in position 13<\/p>\n Dividing the anatomy 15<\/p>\n Mapping out your regions 15<\/p>\n Casing your cavities 19<\/p>\n Organizing Yourself on Many Levels 21<\/p>\n Level I: The cellular level 23<\/p>\n Level II: The tissue level 23<\/p>\n Level III: The organ level 23<\/p>\n Level IV: The organ system level 23<\/p>\n Level V: The organism level 24<\/p>\n Chapter 2: What Your Body Does All Day<\/b> 27<\/b><\/p>\n Transferring Energy: A Body\u2019s Place in the World 28<\/p>\n Building Up and Breaking Down: Metabolism 28<\/p>\n Why your cells metabolize 29<\/p>\n How your cells metabolize 30<\/p>\n Staying in Range: Homeostasis 33<\/p>\n Maintaining a constant temperature: Thermoregulation 34<\/p>\n Swimming in H2O: Fluid balance 35<\/p>\n Adjusting the fuel supply: Blood glucose concentration 35<\/p>\n Measuring important variables 36<\/p>\n Growing, Replacing, and Renewing 37<\/p>\n Growing 37<\/p>\n Replacing 37<\/p>\n Repairing parts 39<\/p>\n Healing wounds 39<\/p>\n Lasting parts 40<\/p>\n Chapter 3: A Bit about Cell Biology<\/b> 43<\/b><\/p>\n The Functions of Cells 43<\/p>\n Building themselves 44<\/p>\n Building tissues 45<\/p>\n Transforming energy 45<\/p>\n Making and transporting products 45<\/p>\n Communicating 46<\/p>\n Seeing the Inside of Eukaryotic Cells 46<\/p>\n Containing the cell: Cell membrane 48<\/p>\n Controlling the cell: Nucleus 51<\/p>\n Cytoplasm 51<\/p>\n Internal membranes 52<\/p>\n Powering the cell: Mitochondria 52<\/p>\n The protein factory 53<\/p>\n Lysosomes 54<\/p>\n Building Blocks That Build You 54<\/p>\n Joining together: The structure of macromolecules 54<\/p>\n Polysaccharides 55<\/p>\n Lipids 55<\/p>\n Proteins 56<\/p>\n Nucleic acids 57<\/p>\n Genes and Genetic Material 58<\/p>\n Traiting you right 59<\/p>\n Gene structure 59<\/p>\n Synthesizing protein 60<\/p>\n The Cell Cycle 62<\/p>\n Cells that divide, cells that don\u2019t 62<\/p>\n Interphase 64<\/p>\n DNA replication 64<\/p>\n Mitosis 64<\/p>\n Organizing Cells into Tissues 67<\/p>\n Connecting with connective tissue 67<\/p>\n Continuing with epithelial tissue 68<\/p>\n Mixing it up with muscle tissue 70<\/p>\n Getting nervous about nervous tissue? 70<\/p>\n Part 2: Sizing Up the Structural Layers<\/b> 71<\/b><\/p>\n Chapter 4: Getting the Skinny on Skin, Hair, and Nails<\/b> 73<\/b><\/p>\n Functions of the Integument 74<\/p>\n Structure of the Integument 75<\/p>\n Touching the epidermis 75<\/p>\n Exploring the dermis 79<\/p>\n Getting under your skin: The hypodermis 81<\/p>\n Accessorizing Your Skin 81<\/p>\n Now hair this 81<\/p>\n Nailing nails 82<\/p>\n Nothing\u2019s bland about glands 82<\/p>\n Your Skin Saving You 84<\/p>\n Controlling your internal temperature 85<\/p>\n Your skin is sensational 85<\/p>\n Your skin is self-healing 86<\/p>\n Pathophysiology of the Integument 86<\/p>\n Skin cancer 86<\/p>\n Dermatitis 87<\/p>\n Alopecia 87<\/p>\n Nail problems as signs of possible medical conditions 88<\/p>\n Chapter 5: Scrutinizing the Skeletal System<\/b> 89<\/b><\/p>\n Reporting for Duty: The Jobs of Your Skeleton 90<\/p>\n Checking Out the Skeleton\u2019s Makeup 90<\/p>\n Caring about connective tissue 90<\/p>\n The structure of a bone 93<\/p>\n Classifying bones 94<\/p>\n Bone Growth and Remodeling 95<\/p>\n The Axial Skeleton 96<\/p>\n Keeping your head up: The skull 97<\/p>\n Setting you straight on the curved spinal column 99<\/p>\n Being caged can be a good thing 101<\/p>\n The Appendicular Skeleton 102<\/p>\n Wearing girdles: Everybody has two 103<\/p>\n Going out on a limb: Arms and legs 105<\/p>\n Joints and the Movements They Allow 110<\/p>\n Categorizing the types of joints 110<\/p>\n Knowing what your joints can do 111<\/p>\n Pathophysiology of the Skeletal System 113<\/p>\n Abnormal curvature 113<\/p>\n Osteoporosis 113<\/p>\n Cleft palate 114<\/p>\n Arthritis 114<\/p>\n Fractures 115<\/p>\n Chapter 6: Muscles: Setting You in Motion<\/b> 117<\/b><\/p>\n Functions of the Muscular System 118<\/p>\n Supporting your structure 118<\/p>\n Moving you 118<\/p>\n Poised positioning 119<\/p>\n Maintaining body temperature 119<\/p>\n Pushing things around inside 119<\/p>\n Talking about Tissue Types 121<\/p>\n Defining unique features of muscle cells 121<\/p>\n Skeletal muscle 123<\/p>\n Cardiac muscle 125<\/p>\n Smooth muscle 125<\/p>\n Getting a Grip on the Sliding Filament 126<\/p>\n Assembling a sarcomere 126<\/p>\n Telling the fiber to contract 127<\/p>\n Contracting and releasing the sarcomere 128<\/p>\n Naming the Skeletal Muscles 129<\/p>\n Starting at the top 130<\/p>\n Twisting the torso 132<\/p>\n Spreading your wings 135<\/p>\n Getting a leg up 136<\/p>\n Pathophysiology of the Muscular System 138<\/p>\n Muscular dystrophy 139<\/p>\n Muscle spasms 139<\/p>\n Fibromyalgia 140<\/p>\n Part 3: Talking to Yourself<\/b> 141<\/b><\/p>\n Chapter 7: The Nervous System: Your Body\u2019s Circuit Board <\/b>143<\/b><\/p>\n Integrating the Input with the Output 144<\/p>\n Nervous tissues 144<\/p>\n Neurons 145<\/p>\n Neuroglial cells 146<\/p>\n Nerves 147<\/p>\n Ganglia and plexuses 147<\/p>\n Integrated Networks 147<\/p>\n Central nervous system 148<\/p>\n Peripheral nervous system 149<\/p>\n Thinking about Your Brain 150<\/p>\n Keeping conscious: Your cerebrum 152<\/p>\n Making your moves smooth: The cerebellum 152<\/p>\n Coming up roses: Your brain stem 153<\/p>\n Regulating systems: The diencephalon 154<\/p>\n Following fluid through the ventricles 154<\/p>\n Blood-brain barrier 155<\/p>\n Transmitting the Impulse 156<\/p>\n Across the neuron 156<\/p>\n Across the synapse 158<\/p>\n Making Sense of Your Senses 161<\/p>\n Touch 162<\/p>\n Hearing and balance 162<\/p>\n Sight 163<\/p>\n Olfaction 164<\/p>\n Taste 165<\/p>\n Pathophysiology of the Nervous System 166<\/p>\n Chronic pain syndrome 166<\/p>\n Multiple sclerosis 166<\/p>\n Macular degeneration 166<\/p>\n Chapter 8: The Endocrine System: Releasing Chemical Messages<\/b> 167<\/b><\/p>\n Homing In on Hormones 168<\/p>\n Hormone chemistry 168<\/p>\n Hormone sources 169<\/p>\n Hormone receptors 171<\/p>\n Grouping the Glands 172<\/p>\n The taskmasters: The hypothalamus and pituitary 173<\/p>\n Controlling metabolism 175<\/p>\n Getting the gonads going 178<\/p>\n Enteric endocrine 180<\/p>\n Other endocrine glands 182<\/p>\n Pathophysiology of the Endocrine System 183<\/p>\n Abnormalities in insulin metabolism 183<\/p>\n Thyroid disorders 184<\/p>\n Androgen insensitivity 186<\/p>\n Part 4: Exploring the Inner Workings of the Body<\/b> 187<\/b><\/p>\n Chapter 9: The Cardiovascular System: Getting Your Blood Pumping<\/b> 189<\/b><\/p>\n Getting Substances from Here to There 190<\/p>\n Carrying Cargo: Your Blood and What\u2019s in It 190<\/p>\n Watering down your blood: Plasma 190<\/p>\n Transporting oxygen and carbon dioxide: Red blood cells 191<\/p>\n Plugging along with platelets 192<\/p>\n Putting up a good fight: White blood cells 192<\/p>\n Looking at Your Blood Vessels 193<\/p>\n Starting with the arteries 193<\/p>\n Cruising through the capillaries 194<\/p>\n Visiting the veins 196<\/p>\n Cardiac Anatomy 197<\/p>\n Sizing up the heart\u2019s structure 197<\/p>\n Examining the heart\u2019s tissues 199<\/p>\n Supplying blood to the heart 200<\/p>\n Cardiac Cycle 201<\/p>\n Generating electricity 201<\/p>\n Moving blood through the heart 204<\/p>\n The heartbeat 205<\/p>\n Physiology of Circulation 206<\/p>\n On the beating path: The circuits of blood through the heart and body 206<\/p>\n Putting your finger on your pulse 208<\/p>\n Going up, going down, holding steady: Blood pressure 208<\/p>\n Not going with the flow 209<\/p>\n Pathophysiology of the Cardiovascular System 210<\/p>\n Cardiac disorders 210<\/p>\n Vascular disorders 211<\/p>\n Blood disorders 212<\/p>\n Chapter 10: The Respiratory System: Breathing Life into Your Body<\/b> 215<\/b><\/p>\n Functions of the Respiratory System 215<\/p>\n Nosing around Your Respiratory Anatomy 216<\/p>\n Nose 216<\/p>\n Pharynx 217<\/p>\n Trachea 219<\/p>\n Lungs 219<\/p>\n Diaphragm 220<\/p>\n Breathing: Everybody\u2019s Doing It 220<\/p>\n Normal breathing 221<\/p>\n Breathing under stress 221<\/p>\n Controlled breathing 222<\/p>\n Gas Exchange 224<\/p>\n The respiratory membrane 224<\/p>\n The trade-off 225<\/p>\n Pathophysiology of the Respiratory System 226<\/p>\n Hypoxemia 226<\/p>\n Airway disorders 227<\/p>\n Lungs 228<\/p>\n Chapter 11: The Digestive System: Beginning the Breakdown<\/b> 231<\/b><\/p>\n Functions of the Digestive System 232<\/p>\n The Alimentary Canal 233<\/p>\n Examining the walls of the digestive tract 233<\/p>\n Starting with the mighty mouth 234<\/p>\n Pharynx and esophagus: Not Egyptian landmarks 235<\/p>\n Stirring it up in your stomach 236<\/p>\n Moving through the intestines 238<\/p>\n Accessory Organs 240<\/p>\n The liver delivers 241<\/p>\n Pancreas 243<\/p>\n The Breakdown 244<\/p>\n Pathophysiology of the Digestive System 246<\/p>\n Diseases of the oral cavity 246<\/p>\n Disorders of the stomach and intestines 246<\/p>\n Bowel syndromes 248<\/p>\n Diseases of the accessory organs 249<\/p>\n Chapter 12: The Urinary System: Cleaning Up the Act<\/b> 253<\/b><\/p>\n Functions of the Urinary System 253<\/p>\n Structures of the Urinary System 255<\/p>\n Putting out the trash: Kidneys 255<\/p>\n Holding and releasing 257<\/p>\n The Yellow River 259<\/p>\n Composition of urine 259<\/p>\n Filtering the blood 261<\/p>\n Selectively reabsorbing 261<\/p>\n Expelling urine 263<\/p>\n Maintaining Homeostasis 264<\/p>\n Fluid balance and blood pressure 264<\/p>\n Regulating blood pH 265<\/p>\n Pathophysiology of the Urinary System 267<\/p>\n Kidney pathologies 267<\/p>\n Urinary tract pathologies 268<\/p>\n Chapter 13: The Lymphatic System: Living in a Microbe Jungle<\/b> 271<\/b><\/p>\n Functions of the Lymphatic System 272<\/p>\n Loving Your Lymphatic System 273<\/p>\n Lymphing along 273<\/p>\n Structures of the lymphatic system 274<\/p>\n Identifying Immune System Cells 277<\/p>\n Looking at leukocytes 278<\/p>\n Lymphocytes 279<\/p>\n Phagocytizing leukocytes 280<\/p>\n Examining Immune System Molecules 280<\/p>\n Histamine 281<\/p>\n Chemical defense 281<\/p>\n Antigens 281<\/p>\n Antibodies 282<\/p>\n Complement system proteins 283<\/p>\n Immune System Mechanisms 284<\/p>\n Phagocytosis 284<\/p>\n Degranulation 285<\/p>\n Inflammation is Kinyell 285<\/p>\n Adaptive Immunity 286<\/p>\n Cell-mediated immunity 286<\/p>\n Humoral immunity 287<\/p>\n Secondary immunity 289<\/p>\n Immunization 289<\/p>\n Pathophysiology of the Immune System 289<\/p>\n The immune system and cancer 289<\/p>\n Immune-mediated diseases 290<\/p>\n Infectious diseases 292<\/p>\n Part 5: Life\u2019s Rich Pageant: Reproduction and Development<\/b> 295<\/b><\/p>\n Chapter 14: The Reproductive System<\/b> 297<\/b><\/p>\n Functions of the Reproductive System 297<\/p>\n Producing Gametes 298<\/p>\n Meiosis 299<\/p>\n Female gametes: Ova 299<\/p>\n Male gametes: Sperm 301<\/p>\n Determining sex 302<\/p>\n The Female Reproductive System 303<\/p>\n Organs of the female reproductive system 303<\/p>\n Cycling approximately monthly 307<\/p>\n The Male Reproductive System 310<\/p>\n The organs of the male reproductive system 310<\/p>\n Seminal fluid and ejaculation 312<\/p>\n Pausing for Pregnancy 313<\/p>\n Steps to fertilization 313<\/p>\n Implantation 314<\/p>\n Adapting to pregnancy 314<\/p>\n Labor and delivery 316<\/p>\n Pathophysiology of the Reproductive System 318<\/p>\n Infertility 318<\/p>\n Sexually transmitted infections 318<\/p>\n Premenstrual syndromes 319<\/p>\n Endometriosis 319<\/p>\n Cryptorchidism 320<\/p>\n Hypogonadism 320<\/p>\n Erectile dysfunction 320<\/p>\n Pathophysiology of pregnancy 320<\/p>\n Pregnancy loss 322<\/p>\n Chapter 15: Change and Development over the Life Span<\/b> 323<\/b><\/p>\n Programming Development 324<\/p>\n Stages of development 324<\/p>\n Dimensions of development 324<\/p>\n Development before Birth 326<\/p>\n Free-floating zygote to protected embryo 326<\/p>\n Dividing development into trimesters 329<\/p>\n The Human Life Span 331<\/p>\n Changes at birth 331<\/p>\n Infancy and childhood 333<\/p>\n Adolescence 334<\/p>\n Young adulthood 335<\/p>\n Middle age 336<\/p>\n Growing creaky 336<\/p>\n Part 6: The Part of Tens<\/b> 341<\/b><\/p>\n Chapter 16: Ten (Or So) Chemistry Concepts Related to Anatomy and Physiology <\/b>343<\/b><\/p>\n Energy Can Neither Be Created Nor Destroyed 344<\/p>\n Everything Falls Apart 344<\/p>\n Everything\u2019s in Motion 345<\/p>\n Probability Rules 345<\/p>\n Polarity Charges Life 346<\/p>\n Water Is Special 346<\/p>\n Fluids and Solids 347<\/p>\n Under Pressure 348<\/p>\n Redox Reactions Transfer Electrons 348<\/p>\n Chapter 17: Ten Phabulous Physiology Phacts<\/b> 349<\/b><\/p>\n Unique to You: Hands, Fingers, Thumbs 349<\/p>\n Nothing\u2019s Better than Mother\u2019s Milk 350<\/p>\n It\u2019s Apparent: Your Hair Is Different 350<\/p>\n The Only Thing You Have to Fear Is 351<\/p>\n You Smell Well! 352<\/p>\n Microbes: We Are Their World 353<\/p>\n The Pesky Appendix 354<\/p>\n Talkin\u2019 about Breath Control 355<\/p>\n Taking Your First Breath 355<\/p>\n Is Blood Really Blue? 356<\/p>\n Index 357<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\n
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