Practice your way to a high score in your anatomy & physiology class
The human body has 11 major anatomical systems, 206 bones, and dozens of organs, tissues, and fluids-that's a lot to learn if you want to ace your anatomy & physiology class! Luckily, you can master them all with this hands-on book + online experience. Memorization is the key to succeeding in A&P, and Anatomy & Physiology Workbook For Dummies gives you all the practice you need to score high.
Inside and online, you'll find exactly what you need to help you understand, memorize, and retain every bit of the human body. Jam packed with memorization tricks, test-prep tips, and hundreds of practice exercises, it's the ideal resource to help you make anatomy and physiology your minion!
- Take an online review quiz for every chapter
- Use the workbook as a supplement to classroom learning
- Be prepared for whatever comes your way on test day
- Gain confidence with practical study tips
If you're gearing up for a career in the medical field and need to take this often-tough class to fulfill your academic requirements as a high school or college student, this workbook gives you the edge you need to pass with flying colors.
Autorentext
Erin Odya teaches Anatomy & Physiology at Carmel High School in Carmel, Indiana, one of Indiana's top schools. She is also the author of Anatomy & Physiology For Dummies.
Pat DuPree taught anatomy/physiology, biology, medical terminology, and environmental science.
Klappentext
Practice your way to a high score in your anatomy & physiology class The human body has 11 major anatomical systems, 206 bones, and dozens of organs, tissues, and fluids that s a lot to learn if you want to ace your anatomy & physiology class! Luckily, you can master them all with this hands-on book + online experience. Memorization is the key to succeeding in A&P, and Anatomy & Physiology Workbook For Dummies gives you all the practice you need to score high. Inside and online, you'll find exactly what you need to help you understand, memorize, and retain every bit of the human body. Jam packed with memorization tricks, test-prep tips, and hundreds of practice exercises, it s the ideal resource to help you make anatomy and physiology your minion! Take an online review quiz for every chapter Use the workbook as a supplement to classroom learning Be prepared for whatever comes your way on test day Gain confidence with practical study tips If you re gearing up for a career in the medical field and need to take this often-tough class to fulfill your academic requirements as a high school or college student, this workbook gives you the edge you need to pass with flying colors.
Inhalt
Introduction 1
About This Book 1
Foolish Assumptions 2
Icons Used in This Book 2
Beyond the Book 3
Where to Go from Here 3
Part 1: The Building Blocks of the Body 5
Chapter 1: The Language of Anatomy & Physiology 7
Organization of the Body 7
Getting into Position 11
Answers to Questions on Terminology 14
Chapter 2: The Chemistry of Life 15
Building from Scratch: Atoms and Elements 15
Chemical Reactions 19
Chemical bonds 19
Organic compounds 21
Cycling through Life: Metabolism 26
Energy from food 27
Getting energy from energy 29
Answers to Questions on Life's Chemistry 33
Chapter 3: The Cell: Life's Basic Building Block 35
Life and Death of a Cell 35
Gaining Admission: The Cell Membrane 37
Diffusion 37
Osmosis 38
Active transport 39
Aiming for the Nucleus 41
Looking Inside: Organelles and Their Functions 43
Putting Together New Proteins 47
Answers to Questions on the Cell 50
Chapter 4: Divide and Conquer: Cellular Mitosis 53
Walking through the Cell Cycle 54
Waiting for action: Interphase 54
Sorting out the parts: Prophase 55
Dividing at the equator: Metaphase 55
Packing up to move out: Anaphase 55
Pinching off: Telophase 55
Splitting up: Cytokinesis 55
Understanding What Can Go Wrong during Cell Division 59
Answers to Questions on Mitosis 61
Chapter 5: The Study of Tissues: Histology 63
Getting into Your Skin: Epithelial Tissue 64
Making a Connection: Connective Tissue 68
Flexing It: Muscle Tissue 71
Getting the Signal Across: Nervous Tissue 73
Answers to Questions on Histology 74
Part 2: Weaving It Together: Bones, Muscles, and Skin 77
Chapter 6: It's Skin Deep: The Integumentary System 79
Digging Deep into Dermatology 79
The epidermis: Don't judge this book by its cover 80
The dermis: Going more than skin deep 82
Touching a Nerve in the Integumentary System 86
Accessorizing with Hair, Nails, and Glands 87
Wigging out about hair 87
The oil slick 88
Nailing the fingers and toes 88
Sweating the details 88
Getting an earful 89
Answers to Questions on the Skin 93
Chapter 7: A Scaffold to Build On: The Skeleton 95
Understanding the Functions of Dem Bones 95
Boning Up on Classifications and Structures 98
Turning Bone into Bone: Ossification 103
Endochondral ossification 103
Intramembranous ossification 103
The Axial Skeleton: Keeping It All in Line 105
Making a hard head harder 105
Putting your backbones into it 107
The Appendicular Skeleton: Reaching beyond Our Girdles 113
Arthrology: Articulating the Joints 117
Answers to Questions on the Skeleton 122
Chapter 8: Getting in Gear: The Muscles 127
Flexing Your Muscle Knowledge 128
Muscle Classifications: Smooth, Cardiac, and Skeletal 131
Contracting for a Contraction 133
Breaking down a muscle's anatomy and movement 133
Understanding what stimulates muscle contraction 135
Pulling Together: Muscles as Organs 138
Assuming the Right Tone 140
Leveraging Muscular Power 142
What's in a Name? Identifying Muscles 144
Answers to Questions on Muscles 150
Part 3: Mission Control: All Systems Go 155<...