Human Anatomy, Fifth Edition builds upon the clear and concise explanations of the best-selling fourth edition with a dramatically improved art and photo program and expanded clinical coverage.
Recognized for helping establish the framework needed for understanding how anatomical structure relates to function, the text’s engaging descriptions now benefited from new and incredibly realistic bone art featuring more than 80 new figures, as well as all new muscle gallery art.
Select cadaver photos and photomicrographs have also been updated with images designed to make learning easier.
Contents:
The Human Body: An Orientation
Cells: The Living Units
Basic Embryology
Tissues
The Integumentary System
Bones and Skeletal Tissues
Bones, Part I: The Axial Skeleton
Bones, Part II: The Appendicular Skeleton
Joints
Skeletal Muscle Tissue
Muscles of the Body
Fundamentals of the Nervous System and Nervous Tissue
The Central Nervous System
The Peripheral Nervous System
The Autonomic Nervous System and Visceral Sensory Neurons
The Special Senses
Blood
The Heart and Cardiac Muscle Tissue
Blood Vessels
The Lymphatic and Immune Systems
The Respiratory System
The Digestive System
The Urinary System
The Reproductive System
The Endocrine System
For all readers interested in human anatomy and in understanding how anatomical structure relates to function.
Authors: Elaine N. Marieb and Jon Mallatt
Published: 2008
ISBN: 09780805347883
144 Pages
No Academic Proof Required
