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The anatomy bible

the incredible biology of you
Verfasser*in: Suche nach Verfasser*in Okona-Mensah, Ken
Verfasser*innenangabe: Ken Okona-Mensah
Jahr: 2020
Verlag: Buffalo, NY, Firefly Books
Mediengruppe: Buch
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"From your dividing cells to your beating heart, this book takes a comprehensive look at the human body and reveals extraordinary enzymes, defunct body parts and super-powered lymphocytes along the way. In 12 illustrated chapters, Anatomy Bible makes sense of all the body's systems, explains medical terminology and explores questions."-- Provided by publisher.
 
Table of Contents
 
Introduction 8 (2)
Chapter 1 The Fundamentals
10 (14)
What's It All About?
12 (2)
Standing on the Shoulders of Giants
14 (4)
Cadavers and Criminals
18 (2)
Nazi Atrocities
20 (2)
Talking Anatomese
22 (2)
Chapter 2 Bit By Bit
24 (30)
Organization of Your Body
26 (2)
Cell Structure
28 (4)
DNA: It's All About the Base(s)
32 (2)
Making Proteins
34 (2)
Coiling into Chromosomes
36 (2)
Dividing Cells
38 (2)
Cell Diversity
40 (2)
Stem Cells
42 (2)
The Tissue Quartet
44 (2)
Counting Our Organs
46 (2)
Balancing the Body
48 (2)
When Cells Die
50 (4)
Chapter 3 The Ultimate Packaging Material
54 (24)
The Integumentary System
56 (2)
Epidermis
58 (4)
Dermis
62 (6)
Hypodermis
68 (2)
Aren't You Hairy?
70 (6)
Nails
76 (2)
Chapter 4 Move Your Body
78 (32)
The Musculoskeletal System
80 (2)
The Axial Skeleton
82 (2)
What's in a Bone?
84 (2)
Cortical Vs Cancellous Bone
86 (2)
Bone Shapes
88 (2)
Cartilage
90 (2)
Bone Development
92 (2)
Joints and Ligaments
94 (2)
Skeletal Muscles
96 (2)
Muscle Architecture
98 (2)
Neuromuscular Junctions
100 (2)
Muscle Contraction and Relaxation
102 (2)
Muscle Training
104 (2)
The Ageing Musculoskeletal System
106 (4)
Chapter 5 A Blood Red Superhighway
110 (32)
The Cardiovascular System
112 (2)
Heart of the Matter
114 (4)
And the Beat Goes...Bumpty Bump
118 (4)
Transport Network
122 (6)
The Red Stuff
128 (4)
Red Blood Cells: Life and Times of an Oxygen Carrier
132 (4)
Under Pressure
136 (2)
Your Pulse
138 (2)
Too Much Exercise?
140 (2)
Chapter 6 The Security Force
142 (24)
The Lymphatic System
144 (2)
Two Immune Divisions
146 (2)
White Blood Cells
148 (4)
Activate the Lymphocytes!
152 (4)
Vessels and Organs
156 (2)
Splinter Response
158 (2)
The Place of Platelets
160 (2)
Hypersensitivity Reactions
162 (2)
Rebounding: Fad or Panacea?
164 (2)
Chapter 7 A Paramount Exchange
166 (18)
The Respiratory System
168 (2)
The Conduction Zone
170 (2)
The Respiratory Zone
172 (2)
Lovely Lungs
174 (2)
The Exchange Platform
176 (2)
In and Out
178 (2)
Blood Transport
180 (2)
Respiratory Antics
182 (2)
Chapter 8 The Hub
184 (38)
The Nervous System
186 (2)
Neuroglia
188 (2)
Neurons
190 (2)
Securing the Brain
192 (2)
The Cerebrum
194 (2)
The Hindbrain, Midbrain and Forebrain
196 (4)
Lobe Functions
200 (2)
You Looking at Me?
202 (2)
The Corpus Callosum
204 (2)
Subcortical Structures
206 (6)
The Spinal Cord
212 (2)
The 43
214 (2)
It's Automatic
216 (4)
Five Common Senses
220 (2)
Chapter 9 Just A Messenger
222 (16)
The Endocrine System
224 (2)
Chemical Revolutionaries
226 (2)
Know Your Glands
228 (6)
Sleepy Head
234 (2)
Getting Hot in Here
236 (2)
Chapter 10 Digesting It All
238 (18)
The Digestive System
240 (2)
In Your Mouth
242 (2)
Down the Pipe
244 (2)
Digestion Tag-Team
246 (2)
The Liver
248 (2)
Gallbladder and Bile Ducts
250 (2)
Absorption Time
252 (2)
End of the Line
254 (2)
Chapter 11 Your Waste Plumbing System
256 (12)
The Urinary System
258 (2)
The Two Kidneys
260 (2)
Nephrons
262 (2)
Accessory Organs
264 (2)
Pee
266 (2)
Chapter 12 Baby-Making Tools
268 (28)
The Reproductive System
270 (2)
The Big Change
272 (4)
A Gentleman's Anatomy
276 (4)
A Lady's Anatomy
280 (4)
The Menstrual Cycle
284 (2)
Boy Meets Girl
286 (2)
Zygote to Embryo
288 (2)
Growing Fetus
290 (2)
Changing Mother
292 (2)
Happy Birthing Day
294 (2)
Chapter 13 Looking Ahead
296 (16)
21st-Century Anatomy
298 (6)
Unsung Heroes
304 (4)
Variations in Anatomy
308 (4)
Index 312 (5)
Acknowledgements 317
 
 

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Verfasser*in: Suche nach Verfasser*in Okona-Mensah, Ken
Verfasser*innenangabe: Ken Okona-Mensah
Jahr: 2020
Verlag: Buffalo, NY, Firefly Books
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ISBN: 978-0-228-10240-3
2. ISBN: 0-228-10240-5
Beschreibung: 320 Seiten
Schlagwörter: Anatomie, Mensch / Anatomie, Tieranatomie, Tiere / Anatomie
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Sprache: Englisch
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