Contents at a Glance
[Pages:6]COPYRIGHTED MATERIAL
Contents at a Glance
Introduction.................................................................................1
Part I: Building Blocks of the Body ...............................................5
Chapter 1: The Chemistry of Life ...............................................................................................................7 Chapter 2: The Cell: Life's Basic Building Block .....................................................................................23 Chapter 3: Divide and Conquer: Cellular Mitosis ...................................................................................37 Chapter 4: The Study of Tissues: Histology ............................................................................................47
Part II: Weaving It Together: Bones, Muscles, and Skin.................59
Chapter 5: A Scaffold to Build On: The Skeleton ....................................................................................61 Chapter 6: Getting in Gear: The Muscles.................................................................................................93 Chapter 7: It's Skin Deep: The Integumentary System.........................................................................113
Part III: Feed and Fuel: Supply and Transport ............................127
Chapter 8: Oxygenating the Machine: The Respiratory System ........................................................129 Chapter 9: Fueling the Functions: The Digestive System ....................................................................143 Chapter 10: Spreading the Love: The Circulatory System ..................................................................163 Chapter 11: Keeping Up Your Defenses: The Lymphatic System .......................................................181 Chapter 12: Filtering Out the Junk: The Urinary System.....................................................................195
Part IV: Survival of the Species .................................................205
Chapter 13: Why Ask Y?: The Male Reproductive System ..................................................................207 Chapter 14: Carrying Life Forward: The Female Reproductive System ............................................219
Part V: Mission Control: All Systems Go .....................................235
Chapter 15: Feeling Jumpy: The Nervous System................................................................................237 Chapter 16: Raging Hormones: The Endocrine System.......................................................................265
Part VI: The Part of Tens...........................................................281
Chapter 17: Ten Study Tips .....................................................................................................................283 Chapter 18: Ten (Plus One) Terrific Online Resources........................................................................287
Index.......................................................................................291
Table of Contents
Introduction .................................................................................1
About This Book.........................................................................................................................1 Conventions Used in This Book ...............................................................................................1 Foolish Assumptions .................................................................................................................2 How This Book Is Organized.....................................................................................................2
Part I: Building Blocks of the Body ................................................................................2 Part II: Weaving It Together: Bones, Muscles, and Skin...............................................2 Part III: Feed and Fuel: Supply and Transport ..............................................................3 Part IV: Survival of the Species.......................................................................................3 Part V: Mission Control: All Systems Go........................................................................3 Part VI: The Part of Tens .................................................................................................3 Icons Used in This Book............................................................................................................3 Where to Go from Here..............................................................................................................4
Part I: Building Blocks of the Body ................................................5
Chapter 1: The Chemistry of Life ..........................................................................................7
Building from Scratch: Atoms and Elements ..........................................................................7 Compounding Chemical Reactions........................................................................................10 Cycling through Life: Metabolism ..........................................................................................15 Answers to Questions on Life's Chemistry...........................................................................21
Chapter 2: The Cell: Life's Basic Building Block ............................................................23
Gaining Admission: The Cell Membrane ...............................................................................23 Aiming for the Nucleus............................................................................................................26 Looking Inside: Organelles and Their Functions..................................................................27 Putting Together New Proteins ..............................................................................................31 Cycling Along: Grow, Rest, Divide, Die ..................................................................................33 Answers to Questions on the Cell..........................................................................................35
Chapter 3: Divide and Conquer: Cellular Mitosis ...........................................................37
The Mitotic Process.................................................................................................................37 Waiting for action: Interphase ......................................................................................38 Sorting out the parts: Prophase ...................................................................................38 Dividing at the equator: Metaphase.............................................................................38 Packing up to move out: Anaphase..............................................................................38 Pinching off: Telophase .................................................................................................39 Splitting up: Cytokinesis................................................................................................39
What Can Go Wrong.................................................................................................................42 Answers to Questions on Mitosis ..........................................................................................44
Chapter 4: The Study of Tissues: Histology......................................................................47
Getting Under Your Skin..........................................................................................................47 Making a Connection: Connective Tissue .............................................................................50 Flexing It: Muscle Tissue .........................................................................................................53 Getting the Signal Across: Nerve Tissue ...............................................................................54 Answers to Questions on Histology ......................................................................................56
viii Anatomy & Physiology Workbook For Dummies
Part II: Weaving It Together: Bones, Muscles, and Skin .................59
Chapter 5: A Scaffold to Build On: The Skeleton ............................................................61
Understanding Dem Bones .....................................................................................................61 Boning Up on Classifications, Structures, and Ossification ...............................................63 Axial Skeleton: Keeping It All in Line .....................................................................................69
Making a hard head harder ...........................................................................................69 Putting your backbones into it .....................................................................................70 Appendicular Skeleton: Reaching Beyond Our Girdles.......................................................79 Arthrology: Articulating the Joints ........................................................................................82 Answers to Questions on the Skeleton .................................................................................87
Chapter 6: Getting in Gear: The Muscles .........................................................................93
Flexing Your Muscle Knowledge ............................................................................................93 Classifications: Smooth, Cardiac, and Skeletal.....................................................................95 Contracting for a Contraction ................................................................................................97 Pulling Together: Muscles as Organs.....................................................................................99 Assuming the Right Tone ......................................................................................................100 Leveraging Muscular Power .................................................................................................101 What's In a Name? Identifying Muscles ...............................................................................104 Answers to Questions on Muscles.......................................................................................109
Chapter 7: It's Skin Deep: The Integumentary System .................................................113
Dermatology Down Deep ......................................................................................................113 Epidermis: Don't judge this book by its cover .........................................................114 Dermis: It's more than skin deep................................................................................115
Touching a Nerve in the Integumentary System................................................................119 Accessorizing with Hair, Nails, and Glands ........................................................................120
Wigging out about hair ................................................................................................120 Nailing the fingers and toes ........................................................................................121 Sweating the details .....................................................................................................121 Getting an earful ...........................................................................................................122 Answers to Questions on the Skin .......................................................................................125
Part III: Feed and Fuel: Supply and Transport .............................127
Chapter 8: Oxygenating the Machine: The Respiratory System ................................129
Breathing In Oxygen, Breathing Out CO2 ............................................................................129 Inhaling the Basics about the Respiratory Tract ...............................................................132
Knowing about the nose (and sinuses) .....................................................................132 Dealing with throaty matters ......................................................................................134 Going deep inside the lungs........................................................................................137 Damaging Air ..........................................................................................................................139 Answers to Questions on the Respiratory System ............................................................141
Chapter 9: Fueling the Functions: The Digestive System ............................................143
Digesting the Basics: It's Alimentary! ..................................................................................143 Nothing to Spit At: Into the Mouth and Past the Teeth.....................................................145
Entering the vestibule..................................................................................................146 Moving along the oral cavity ......................................................................................147
The tongue...........................................................................................................147 The salivary glands ............................................................................................148 Stomaching the Body's Fuel..................................................................................................151
ix Table of Contents
Breaking Down the Work of Digestive Enzymes.................................................................154 Small intestine ..............................................................................................................154 Liver ...............................................................................................................................155 Pancreas ........................................................................................................................156 Large intestine ..............................................................................................................157
Answers to Questions on the Digestive Tract ....................................................................159
Chapter 10: Spreading the Love: The Circulatory System ...........................................163
Moving to the Beat of a Pump ..............................................................................................163 Finding the Key to the Heart's Chambers ...........................................................................166
The atria ........................................................................................................................166 The ventricles ...............................................................................................................167 Conducting the Heart's Music ..............................................................................................170 Riding the Network of Blood Vessels...................................................................................172 Beating from the Start: Fetal Circulation.............................................................................174 Answers to Questions on the Circulatory System .............................................................178
Chapter 11: Keeping Up Your Defenses: The Lymphatic System ...............................181
Duct, Duct, Lymph .................................................................................................................181 Poking at the Nodes...............................................................................................................184 Having a Spleen-ded Time with the Lymphatic Organs ....................................................187
The spleen .....................................................................................................................188 T cell central: The thymus gland................................................................................188 Opening wide and moving along: The tonsils and Peyer's patches.......................189 Answers to Questions on the Lymphatic System ..............................................................192
Chapter 12: Filtering Out the Junk: The Urinary System..............................................195
Examining the Kidneys, the Body's Filters .........................................................................195 Going molecular ...........................................................................................................196 Focusing on filtering ....................................................................................................196
Getting Rid of the Waste........................................................................................................199 Surfing the ureters........................................................................................................199 Ballooning the bladder ................................................................................................199 The male and female urethras ....................................................................................199
Spelling Relief: Urination.......................................................................................................201 Answers to Questions on the Urinary System ...................................................................203
Part IV: Survival of the Species ..................................................205
Chapter 13: Why Ask Y?: The Male Reproductive System..........................................207
Identifying the Parts of the Male Reproductive System....................................................207 Packaging the Chromosomes for Delivery..........................................................................211 Answers to Questions on the Male Reproductive System................................................217
Chapter 14: Carrying Life Forward: The Female Reproductive System ....................219
Identifying the Female Reproductive Parts and Their Functions ....................................219 Making Eggs: A Mite More Meiosis ......................................................................................224 Making Babies: An Introduction to Embryology ................................................................226 Growing from Fetus to Baby .................................................................................................227 Growing, Changing, and Aging..............................................................................................229 Answers to Questions on the Female Reproductive System............................................231
x Anatomy & Physiology Workbook For Dummies
Part V: Mission Control: All Systems Go ......................................235
Chapter 15: Feeling Jumpy: The Nervous System.........................................................237
Building from Basics: Neurons, Nerves, Impulses, Synapses...........................................238 Neurons .........................................................................................................................238 Nerves............................................................................................................................239 Impulses ........................................................................................................................240 Synapses ........................................................................................................................241
Minding the Central Nervous System and the Brain .........................................................243 Spinal cord ....................................................................................................................244 Brain...............................................................................................................................245 Medulla oblongata ..............................................................................................245 Pons ......................................................................................................................245 Midbrain ..............................................................................................................245 Cerebellum ..........................................................................................................246 Diencephalon ......................................................................................................246 Cerebrum .............................................................................................................246 Medulla ................................................................................................................247 Ventricles .............................................................................................................247
Taking Side Streets: The Peripheral Nervous System .......................................................251 Keep Breathing: The Autonomic Nervous System.............................................................253 Coming To Your Senses .........................................................................................................255
Eyes ................................................................................................................................256 Ears ................................................................................................................................256 Answers to Questions on the Nervous System ..................................................................261
Chapter 16: Raging Hormones: The Endocrine System................................................265
No Bland Glands.....................................................................................................................265 Mastering the Ringmasters ...................................................................................................267 Supporting Cast of Glandular Characters ...........................................................................270
Topping off the kidneys: The adrenal glands............................................................270 Thriving with the thyroid ............................................................................................271 Pairing up with the parathyroid .................................................................................271 Pinging the pineal gland ..............................................................................................271 Thumping the thymus .................................................................................................271 Pressing the pancreas..................................................................................................272 Dealing with Stress: Homeostasis ........................................................................................274 Answers to Questions on the Endocrine System...............................................................277
Part VI: The Part of Tens ...........................................................281
Chapter 17: Ten Study Tips ................................................................................................283
Chapter 18: Ten (Plus One) Terrific Online Resources.................................................287
Index .......................................................................................291
................
................
In order to avoid copyright disputes, this page is only a partial summary.
To fulfill the demand for quickly locating and searching documents.
It is intelligent file search solution for home and business.
Related download
- bones muscles and skin chapter test bones muscles and skin
- bones muscles and skin chapter 1 allegany limestone high school
- chapter 1test bones muscles and skin 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 bridgeway
- bones muscles and skin bridgeway
- chapter 1 bones muscles and skin
- chapter 13 bones muscles skin wa eagles 220
- bones muscles and skin test st mary s academy
- chapter 23 facials butler county avts
- contents at a glance
- cos chapter 6 anatomy and physiology butler county avts
Related searches
- how to pay cash at a dealership 4
- how to pay cash at a dealership
- how to pay cash at a dealership 3
- checklist for looking at a house
- questions to ask at a college fair
- positions at a car dealership
- at a glance tree study
- derivative of a function at a point
- at a glance 2021 refills
- oecd education at a glance 2020
- inmate at a glance florida
- national days at a glance jan 2021