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Title:
Anatomy demystified / Dale Pierre Layman.
Author:
Layman, Dale Pierre.
Publication Information:
New York : McGraw-Hill, c2004.
Call Number:
QM32 .L39 2004
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ISBN:
9780071438278
Series:
Demystified series

McGraw-Hill "Demystified" series.
Physical Description:
xx, 412 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
General Note:
"A self-teaching guide"--Cover.

Includes index.
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Contents:
Part 1: The journey begins: Anatomy: our inner world of bodyspace -- "Cutting up" human bodyspace -- Systemic anatomy: a fly-by of the organ systems -- Part 2: The building blocks of body structure: Hidden chemicals in our body basement: the great pyramid starts out as a midget! -- Anatomy of cells and tissues: tiny chambers form the body "fabric" -- Part 3: the body as a bag of bones and muscles: Our tough hide: anatomy of the skin -- Our tough inside: anatomy of the skeleton -- The muscular system: A bunch of "little mice" hanging on our skeleton! -- Part 4: The nervous system and Glands: A bunch of "trees" and "acorns": The nervous system and organs of the "special senses" -- Glands: the secreting "acorns" -- Part 5: Pimps, pipes, and vessels for blood and air: The circulatory system: a vasc responsibility to play our "cardi's" right! -- The anatomy of blood and lymph: red stuff and "clear spring water" -- It's all about the respiratory "trees": their branches sway in the airy "breeze" -- Part 6: "down-under" organ systems, or the body land "below our belt": The digestive tube: a rabbit-hole outside the body! -- The genitourinary system: keeper of our urine and (GASP!) sex --Final exam.
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