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Author:   Sheenan Kindlen
Publisher:   Elsevier Health Sciences
Imprint:   Churchill Livingstone
Edition:   2nd Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 22.10cm , Height: 2.50cm , Length: 23.00cm
Weight:   1.650kg
ISBN:  

9780443071164

ISBN 10:   0443071160
Pages:   568
Publication Date:   12 September 2003
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Section 1. THE BODY AND ITS INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT PART 1A CELLS AND SYSTEMS 1. Cells 2. How Drugs Work- cellular and molecular systems 3. Blood and related tissues 4A Excitable Cells- neurons 4B Excitable Cells - muscle 5. The autonomic nervous system 6. The cardiovascular circulatory system 7. The respiratory system 8. The renal and urinary system 9. The digestive system 10. The liver and metabolism 11. Endocrine systems - communication and control. PART 1B MAINTAINING THE INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT: SYSTEMS WORKING TOGETHER 12. Supplying the tissue 13. Acid-base balance 14. Water and electrolyte balance 15. Nutrition 16. Body defenses 17. Thermoregulation - maintaining body temperature 18. Plasma glucose regulation PART 1C DISTURBANCE OF THE INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT 19. Injury and Illness Section 2. INTERACTION WITH THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT PART 2A SENSING AND RESPONDING TO THE EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT 20. The somatic nervous system 21. Sensory systems: an overview 22. Body senses, proprioception, taste and smell 23. Hearing 24. Vision 25. Motor systems: an overview 26. Communicating PART 2B Aspects of experience 27. Sleep, emotion and behaviour 28. Learning and memory 29. Pain Section 3. THE LIFE SPAN 30. Sex, reproduction and pregnancy 31. Development from conception to maturity 32. Death and dying

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