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Fundamentals of anatomy and physiology for nursing and healthcare students
Basic scientific principles of physiology / Peter S. Vickers -- Cells, cellular compartments, transport systems, fluid movement between compartments / Muralitharan Nair -- Genetics / Peter S. Vickers -- Tissue / Anthony Wheeldon -- The skeletal system / Ian Peate -- The muscular system / Janet G. Migliozzi -- Circulatory system / Muralitharan Nair -- The cardiac system / Carl Clare -- The digestive system / Louise McErlean -- The renal system / Muralitharan Nair -- The respiratory system / Anthony Wheeldon -- The reproductive systems / Ian Peate -- The nervous system / Louise McErlean and Janet G. Migliozzi -- The senses / Carl Clare -- The endocrine system / Carl Clare -- The immune system / Peter S. Vickers -- The skin / Ian Peate
Anatomy and Physiology by
This textbook features full-colour illustrations and a conversational writing style. The textbook focuses on concepts rather than descriptions to help you understand the information.
Anatomy and Physiology Made Incredibly Easy by
No need to feel stressed over anatomy and physiology-grasp all the basic terms and concepts, with the fully updated Anatomy and Physiology Made Incredibly Easy!, 5th Edition. Using humor and friendly guidance, this colorful text gives you the pure-and-simple clarity you need to understand the basic structure and functions of all major body systems, while also guiding you through genetics, nutrition, reproduction, and more. This handy quick-reference guide is the ideal NCLEX#65533; study aid, textbook support, or quick refresher for nurses and other healthcare practitioners. Grasp the details of anatomy and physiology, in the Incredibly Easy!#65533; -NEW and completely updated content in easy-read format to simplify the core concepts of anatomy and physiology -Defines anatomic terms such as cell structure, cell reproduction and energy generation, the four basic tissue types and their characteristics, and more -End-of-book, pocket-sizedstudy cards for easy review anywhere, anytime -Explains the forms and locations of body structures - the directional terms, reference planes, cavities, and regions of every major body system -Dozens of full-color drawings and diagrams illustrating all major body systems-integumentary, musculoskeletal, neurosensory, endocrine, cardiovascular, and more, plus: -fluids and electrolytes -reproduction and lactation -genetics -nutrition -chemical organization " Special features include: -"Nurse Joy" and "Jake" - expert insights, key concepts, and important care reminders -Zoom in - an up-close look at anatomic structures -Now I get it! - complex physiology processes stated in easy-to-handle terms -Just the facts - quick content summary at start of each chapter -Quick quiz - multiple-choice questions at end of each chapter to help you retain what you learned -Senior moment - explains physiologic changes that occur with aging in each body system -Body shop - illustrates how body systems and structures work together -Memory jogger - helpful tricks and tips to help you retain vital data -Just for fun - fun puzzles for boosting your understanding of anatomical terms and pathophysiological concepts -Practice Makes Perfect - end-of-book NCLEX#65533; practice questions, for solid exam preparation About the Clinical Editor Laura M. Willis, MSN, APRN, FNP-C, DNPs, is a Family Nurse Practitioner Specialist at Urbana Family Medicine and Pediatrics in Urbana, Ohio.
The Genesis Machine by
The next frontier in technology is inside our own bodies. Synthetic biology will revolutionize how we define family, how we identify disease and treat aging, where we make our homes, and how we nourish ourselves. This fast-growing field--which uses computers to modify or rewrite genetic code--has created revolutionary, groundbreaking solutions such as the mRNA COVID vaccines, IVF, and lab-grown hamburger that tastes like the real thing. It gives us options to deal with existential threats: climate change, food insecurity, and access to fuel. But there are significant risks. Who should decide how to engineer living organisms? Whether engineered organisms should be planted, farmed, and released into the wild? Should there be limits to human enhancements? What cyber-biological risks are looming? Could a future biological war, using engineered organisms, cause a mass extinction event? Amy Webb and Andrew Hessel's riveting examination of synthetic biology and the bioeconomy provide the background for thinking through the upcoming risks and moral dilemmas posed by redesigning life, as well as the vast opportunities waiting for us on the horizon.
The Human Superorganism by
A cutting-edge new book that reveals how foreign microbes might actually be good for us, contrary to past belief. The microorganisms that we have sought to eliminate have been supporting our ancestors for centuries. They comprise 90 percent of the cells in our bodies and yet we have significantly reduced their power, sparking an epidemic of new diseases, or superbugs. The Human Superorganism presents pioneering research and offers a blueprint for a revolution in public health, by going against what we always thought was true: that foreign microbes are bad for us.
Missing Microbes by
"In Missing Microbes, Martin Blaser sounds [an] alarm. He patiently and thoroughly builds a compelling case that the threat of antibiotic overuse goes far beyond resistant infections."--Nature Renowned microbiologist Dr. Martin J. Blaser invites us into the wilds of the human microbiome, where for hundreds of thousands of years bacterial and human cells have existed in a peaceful symbiosis that is responsible for the equilibrium and health of our bodies. Now this invisible Eden is under assault from our overreliance on medical advances including antibiotics and caesarian sections, threatening the extinction of our irreplaceable microbes and leading to severe health consequences. Taking us into the lab to recount his groundbreaking studies, Blaser not only provides elegant support for his theory, he guides us to what we can do to avoid even more catastrophic health problems in the future. "Missing Microbes is science writing at its very best--crisply argued and beautifully written, with stunning insights about the human microbiome and workable solutions to an urgent global crisis."--David M. Oshinsky, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Polio: An American Story
Blood Relations by
Blood is messy, dangerous, and charged with meaning. By following it as it circulates through people and institutions, Jenny Bangham explores the intimate connections between the early infrastructures of blood transfusion and the development of human genetics. Focusing on mid-twentieth-century Britain, Blood Relations connects histories of eugenics to the local politics of giving blood, showing how the exchange of blood carved out networks that made human populations into objects of medical surveillance and scientific research. Bangham reveals how biology was transformed by two world wars, how scientists have worked to define racial categories, and how the practices and rhetoric of public health made genetics into a human science. Today, genetics is a powerful authority on human health and identity, and Blood Relations helps us understand how this authority was achieved.
The Biology of Desire by
Through the vivid, true stories of five people who journeyed into and out of addiction, a renowned neuroscientist explains why the "disease model" of addiction is wrong and illuminates the path to recovery. The psychiatric establishment and rehab industry in the Western world have branded addiction a brain disease. But in The Biology of Desire, cognitive neuroscientist and former addict Marc Lewis makes a convincing case that addiction is not a disease, and shows why the disease model has become an obstacle to healing. Lewis reveals addiction as an unintended consequence of the brain doing what it's supposed to do-seek pleasure and relief-in a world that's not cooperating. As a result, most treatment based on the disease model fails. Lewis shows how treatment can be retooled to achieve lasting recovery. This is enlightening and optimistic reading for anyone who has wrestled with addiction either personally or professionally.