Anatomy Essentials For Dummies

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The core concepts you need to ace Anatomy Perfect for those just starting out or returning to Anatomy after some time away, Anatomy Essentials For Dummies focuses on core concepts taught (and tested on!) in a typical Anatomy course. From names and technical terms to how the body works, you'll skip the suffering and score high marks at exam time with the help of Anatomy Essentials For Dummies. Designed for students who want the key concepts and a few examples—without the review, ramp-up, and anecdotal content—Anatomy Essentials For Dummies is a perfect solution for exam-cramming, homework help, and reference. • A useful and handy reference to the anatomy of the human body • Perfect for a refresher or a quick reference • Serves as an excellent review to score higher at exam time If you have some knowledge of anatomy and want to polish your skills, Anatomy Essentials For Dummies focuses on just the core concepts you need to understand this fascinating topic. BY WWW.ANTİTUSİF.COM Title Page......Page 3 Copyright Page......Page 4 Table of Contents......Page 7 About This Book......Page 13 Icons Used in This Book......Page 14 Where to Go from Here......Page 15 Chapter 1 Focusing on the Framework of Anatomy and Physiology......Page 17 Breaking down the subsets of anatomy......Page 18 Familiarizing Yourself with Anatomical Jargon......Page 19 Level II: The tissue level......Page 22 Metabolism: Keeping Body Processes in Motion......Page 24 Seeing why your cells metabolize......Page 25 Understanding the process behind cellular metabolism......Page 26 Regulating body temperature......Page 30 Maintaining a fluid balance......Page 31 Examining blood glucose concentration......Page 32 Gauging variables that keep the body balanced......Page 33 How Cells Spend Their Time......Page 35 Constructing and moving products......Page 36 Exploring Eukaryotic Cells......Page 37 Enclosing it all with the cell membrane......Page 39 Seeing how mitochondria provide energy to cells......Page 41 Taking out the trash with lysosomes......Page 42 Naming the nucleic acids and nucleotides......Page 43 Peeking at proteins......Page 44 Discovering How Genetic Material Makes You Who You Are......Page 45 Pushing ahead to DNA replication......Page 46 Entering mitosis......Page 47 Linking structures with connective tissue......Page 49 Reviewing types of epithelial tissue......Page 50 Chapter 3 Scoping Out the Body’s Structural Layers......Page 53 Examining the skeleton’s makeup......Page 54 Surveying joints and their movements......Page 57 Seeing what your skeletal muscles do......Page 60 Taking a look at tissue types......Page 63 Making muscles contract: The sliding filament model......Page 68 An Introduction to the Integument......Page 70 Studying up on the structure of the integument......Page 71 Accessorizing your skin......Page 74 Analyzing the Cardiac Anatomy......Page 77 Examining the shape of the heart......Page 78 Looking at the heart’s tissues......Page 80 Observing how blood flows to (and from) the heart......Page 81 Meet Your Blood Vessels......Page 82 Beginning at the arteries......Page 83 Moving on to the capillaries......Page 84 Traveling through the veins......Page 86 Plasma: Your protein carrier......Page 88 Red blood cells: In charge of moving O2 and CO2......Page 89 Focusing on the Physiology of Circulation......Page 90 The cardiac cycle: Conducting electricity......Page 91 On the beating path: Blood flow through the heart and body......Page 93 Measuring the importance of blood pressure......Page 95 Hemostasis: Stopping the flow......Page 96 Surveying the Duties of the Respiratory System......Page 97 Nosing around Your Respiratory Anatomy......Page 98 Passing through the pharynx......Page 99 Winding through the windpipe, or trachea......Page 100 The lungs: The pair that just don’t quit......Page 101 Exchanging gases at the respiratory membrane......Page 102 The comptroller of ventilation: The diaphragm......Page 103 Breathing under normal conditions......Page 104 Controlling your breathing......Page 106 Chapter 6 Getting on Track with the Digestive System......Page 109 Your Digestive System in a Nutshell......Page 110 Allowing entry: The mouth......Page 111 Sending food to the stomach: The pharynx and esophagus......Page 112 Lining it up: The walls......Page 113 Breaking it all down: The stomach......Page 114 Importing and exporting: The intestines......Page 115 Doing the Chemical Breakdown......Page 117 The liver......Page 118 The pancreas......Page 120 Digestive fluids, enzymes, and hormones......Page 121 Running Down the Urinary System’s Responsibilities......Page 123 Creating urine: The kidneys......Page 125 Holding and releasing: The urinary tract......Page 127 Looking at the composition of urine......Page 129 Filtering the blood......Page 130 Reabsorbing selectively......Page 131 Maintaining Homeostasis......Page 132 Connecting fluid balance and blood pressure......Page 133 Regulating blood pH......Page 134 Surveying the Functions of the Reproductive System......Page 137 Making Gametes......Page 138 Producing female gametes: Ova......Page 139 Merging ova and sperm to determine sex......Page 141 A woman’s reproductive organs......Page 142 A woman’s (approximately) monthly cycle......Page 145 Furthering Fertilization: The Male Reproductive System......Page 148 A man’s reproductive organs......Page 149 Seminal fluid and ejaculation......Page 150 Achieving fertilization......Page 151 Adapting to pregnancy......Page 152 Going through labor and delivery......Page 154 Chapter 9 Exploring the Nervous, Endocrine, and Immune Systems......Page 155 Surveying the neural tissues......Page 156 Traveling the integrated networks......Page 159 Sending Messages Chemical-Style with the Endocrine System......Page 161 Homing in on hormones......Page 162 Grouping the glands......Page 164 Defending Your “Self” with the Immune System......Page 167 Loving Your Lymphatic System......Page 168 Identifying immune system cells......Page 170 Only Humans Have Opposable Thumbs......Page 173 You’re (Surprisingly) as Hairy as a Gorilla......Page 174 You Smell Like You See......Page 175 Oxygen Can be Dangerous......Page 176 You Can Control Your Breathing but Fido Can’t......Page 177 Hemoglobin Dominates Your Red Blood Cells......Page 178 Index......Page 179 EULA......Page 195