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• Title:Human body systems : structure, function, and environment / Daniel D. Chiras.
  
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• Author/Creator:Chiras, Daniel D.
  
• Published/Created:Burlington, MA : Jones & Bartlett Learning, ©2013.
  

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  • Call Number: QS4 .C541h 2013
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

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  • Call Number: QS4 .C541h 2013
    
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• Library of Congress Subjects:Human biology.
  Human physiology.
  Human anatomy.
  
• Medical Subjects: Anatomy.
  
• Edition:2nd ed.
  
• Description:viii, 170 pages : color illustrations, maps ; 28 cm
  
• Summary:Human Body Systems: Structure, Function, and Environment is an informative primer that focuses on the organ systems within the human body, and their part in health and disease. Focusing primarily on the organ systems that comprise the body, readers will learn the main parts of each system and how they operate, as well as what happens when things go wrong.
  An ideal supplement to any Human Biology, A & P, or Microbiology course, it covers:
  · Nutrition
  · Digestion
  · Circulation and blood
  · Immunity
  · Respiration
  · Senses
  · Urinary system
  · Nervous system
  · Skeletal and muscular systems
  · Endocrine and reproductive systems
  The text closes with a brief discussion of ecology and environmental issues that affect the way humans live and interact with the world around them.
  
• Notes:Includes index.
  
• ISBN:9781449647933 (alk. paper)
  1449647936 (alk. paper)
  
• Contents:Introduction
  Study skills
  Module 1. An introduction to structure and function
  Module 2. Nutrition
  Module 3. The digestive system
  Module 4. The circulatory system
  Module 5. The blood
  Module 6. The immune system
  Module 7. The respiratory system
  Module 8. The urinary system
  Module 9. The nervous system
  Module 10. The senses
  Module 11. The skeletal system
  Module 12. The muscular system
  Module 13. The endocrine system
  Module 14. The male reproductive system
  Module 15. The female reproductive system
  Module 16. Principles of ecology
  Module 17. Environmental issues: population, pollution, and resources
  Biological roots
  Appendix A. The metric system
  Appendix B. Periodic table of elements.