| Record Type: |
Electronic resources
: Monograph/item
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| Title/Author: |
Anatomy demystified/ Dale Pierre Layman. |
| Author: |
Layman, Dale Pierre. |
| Published: |
New York :McGraw-Hill, : c2004., |
| Description: |
xx, 412 p. :ill. ;24 cm. |
| Notes: |
"A self-teaching guide"--Cover. |
| [NT 15003449]: |
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: PUMPS, 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. |
| Subject: |
Human anatomy. - |
| Online resource: |
https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=138876An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click for information |
| ISBN: |
0071471103 (electronic bk.) |