Discover all there is to know about human anatomy in DK's latest concise visual guide to the human body.
Fully updated to reflect the latest medical information, The Concise Human Body Book is illustrated throughout with colorful and comprehensive diagrams, photographs, scans, and 3D artworks, which take you right into the cells and fibers that are responsible for keeping your body ticking.
The Concise Human Body Book provides full coverage of the body, function by function, system by system. In the opening chapter, colorful medical scans, illustrations, and easy-to-understand diagrams show you how the different parts of the body work together to produce a living whole. Eleven main body systems - including the skeletal system, cardiovascular system, and respiratory system - are then covered in intricate detail in the following chapters, with each section ending on common diseases and disorders that can affect that system.
From bones and muscles to systems and processes, this in-depth, pocket-sized guide to the body's physical structure, chemical workings, and potential problems is the must-have reference manual for trainee medical professionals, students, or anyone interested in finding out more about how the human body works.
Author(s): DK
Edition: True PDF | Retail
Publisher: DK
Year: 2019
Language: English
Pages: 322
Tags: Anatomy & Physiology
Contents......Page 8
INTEGRATED BODY......Page 10
INTRODUCTION......Page 12
IMAGING THE BODY......Page 14
BODY SYSTEMS......Page 16
SUPPORT AND MOVEMENT......Page 20
INFORMATION PROCESSING......Page 22
THE FLUID BODY......Page 23
EQUILIBRIUM......Page 24
BODY SYSTEMS TO CELLS......Page 26
THE CELL......Page 28
DNA......Page 32
THE GENOME......Page 36
SPECIALIZED CELLS AND TISSUES......Page 38
SKELETAL SYSTEM......Page 40
SKELETON......Page 42
BONE STRUCTURE......Page 44
JOINTS......Page 46
SKULL......Page 50
SPINE......Page 52
RIBS AND PELVIS......Page 54
HANDS AND FEET......Page 56
BONE AND JOINT DISORDERS......Page 58
MUSCULAR SYSTEM......Page 64
MUSCLES OF THE BODY......Page 66
MUSCLES OF THE FACE, HEAD, AND NECK......Page 70
MUSCLES AND TENDONS......Page 72
MUSCLE AND TENDON DISORDERS......Page 76
NERVOUS SYSTEM......Page 78
NERVOUS SYSTEM......Page 80
NERVES AND NEURONS......Page 82
NERVE IMPULSE......Page 86
BRAIN......Page 88
BRAIN STRUCTURES......Page 92
THE PRIMITIVE BRAIN......Page 96
SPINAL CORD......Page 100
PERIPHERAL NERVES......Page 104
AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM......Page 108
MEMORIES, THOUGHTS, AND EMOTIONS......Page 112
SMELL, TASTE, AND TOUCH......Page 114
EARS, HEARING, AND BALANCE......Page 118
EYES AND VISION......Page 122
NERVOUS SYSTEM DISORDERS......Page 126
ENDOCRINE SYSTEM......Page 132
ENDOCRINE ANATOMY......Page 134
HORMONE PRODUCERS......Page 136
HORMONAL ACTION......Page 140
ENDOCRINE DISORDERS......Page 142
CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM......Page 146
CARDIOVASCULAR ANATOMY......Page 148
BLOOD AND BLOOD VESSELS......Page 150
HEART STRUCTURE......Page 152
HOW THE HEART BEATS......Page 156
CARDIOVASCULAR DISORDERS......Page 158
RESPIRATORY SYSTEM......Page 162
RESPIRATORY ANATOMY......Page 164
LUNGS......Page 166
GAS EXCHANGE......Page 168
BREATHING AND VOCALIZATION......Page 170
RESPIRATORY DISORDERS......Page 174
SKIN, HAIR, AND NAILS......Page 178
SKIN, HAIR, AND NAIL STRUCTURE......Page 180
SKIN AND EPITHELIAL TISSUES......Page 184
SKIN DISORDERS......Page 190
LYMPH AND IMMUNITY......Page 192
LYMPH AND IMMUNE SYSTEMS......Page 194
IMMUNE SYSTEM......Page 196
INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE......Page 200
FIGHTING INFECTIONS......Page 204
IMMUNE SYSTEM DISORDERS......Page 210
DIGESTIVE SYSTEM......Page 212
DIGESTIVE ANATOMY......Page 214
MOUTH AND THROAT......Page 216
STOMACH AND SMALL INTESTINE......Page 220
LIVER, GALLBLADDER, AND PANCREAS......Page 222
LARGE INTESTINE......Page 226
DIGESTION......Page 230
NUTRIENTS AND METABOLISM......Page 234
DIGESTIVE TRACT DISORDERS......Page 236
URINARY SYSTEM......Page 242
URINARY ANATOMY......Page 244
KIDNEY STRUCTURE......Page 246
URINARY DISORDERS......Page 250
REPRODUCTION AND LIFE CYCLE......Page 252
MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM......Page 254
FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM......Page 258
CONCEPTION TO EMBRYO......Page 262
FETAL DEVELOPMENT......Page 266
PREPARING FOR BIRTH......Page 268
LABOR......Page 270
DELIVERY......Page 272
AFTER THE BIRTH......Page 274
GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT......Page 278
PUBERTY......Page 282
AGING......Page 286
INHERITANCE......Page 288
PATTERNS OF INHERITANCE......Page 292
MALE REPRODUCTIVE DISORDERS......Page 296
FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE DISORDERS......Page 298
SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS......Page 300
INFERTILITY DISORDERS......Page 302
PREGNANCY AND LABOR DISORDERS......Page 304
INHERITED DISORDERS......Page 306
CANCER......Page 307
GLOSSARY......Page 308
INDEX......Page 314
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 322
