Human Anatomy: Pearson New International Edition

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910153110003321
• Autore: Marieb Elaine N
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Place of publication not identified], : Pearson Education Limited, 2013
• ISBN: 1-292-03885-3
• Edizione: [7th ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (887 pages)
• Disciplina: 611
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Table of Contents -- Glossary -- 1. The Human Body: An Orientation -- 2. Cells: The Living Units -- 3. Basic Embryology -- 4. Tissues -- 5. The Integumentary System -- 6. Bones and Skeletal Tissues -- 7. Bones: The Axial Skeleton -- 8. Bones: The Appendicular Skeleton -- 9. Joints -- 10. Skeletal Muscle Tissue -- 11. Muscles of the Body -- 12. Fundamentals of the Nervous System and Nervous Tissue -- 13. The Central Nervous System -- 14. The Peripheral Nervous System -- 15. The Autonomic Nervous System and Visceral Sensory Neurons -- 16. The Special Senses -- 17. The Endocrine System -- 18. Blood -- 19. The Heart -- 20. Blood Vessels -- 21. The Lymphatic and Immune Systems -- 22. The Respiratory System -- 23. The Digestive System -- 24. The Urinary System -- 25. The Reproductive System -- Appendix: The Metric System -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: The #1 best-selling textbook for the human anatomy course, Human Anatomy, Seventh Edition is widely regarded as the most readable and visually accessible book on the market. The new edition builds on the book's hallmark strengths-art that teaches better, a student-friendly narrative, and easy-to-use media and assessment tools-and improves on them with new and updated Focus Figures and new in-text media references. This edition also features vivid new clinical photos that reinforce real-world applications, and new cadaver photos and micrographs that appear side-by-side with art-all to increase students' ability to more accurately visualize key anatomical structures. &nbsp.