Ross and Wilson anatomy and physiology in health and illness

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Title:

Ross and Wilson anatomy and physiology in health and illness

Author:

Waugh, Anne.

ISBN:

9780443064685

Personal Author:

Waugh, Anne.

Edition:

9th ed.

Publication Date:

2001

Publication Information:

Edinburgh : Churchill Livingstone, 2001.

Physical Description:

[viii], 484p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.

General Note:

Previous ed.: 1996.

Abstract:

This tried-and-tested textbook provides a basic introduction to anatomy and physiology, and provides a brief section on diseases to show what happens when things go wrong.

Subject Term:

Human anatomy.

Human physiology.

Diseases.

Health and Wellbeing.

Added Author:

Grant, Allison.

Chambers, Graeme.

Ross, Janet S. (Janet Smith), 1917- Anatomy and physiology in health and illness.

Wilson, Kathleen J. W. (Kathleen Jean Wallace), 1922- Anatomy and physiology in health and illness.

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Preface	p. vii
Acknowledgements	p. vii
Common prefixes, suffixes and roots	p. viii
Section 1 The body and its constituents	p. 1
1 Introduction to the human body	p. 3
2 Introduction to the chemistry of life	p. 17
3 The cells, tissues and organisation of the body	p. 29
Section 2 Communication	p. 57
4 The blood	p. 59
5 The cardiovascular system	p. 77
6 The lymphatic system	p. 129
7 The nervous system	p. 139
8 The special senses	p. 191
9 The endocrine system	p. 213
Section 3 Intake of raw materials and the elimination	p. 237
10 The respiratory system	p. 239
11 Introduction to nutrition	p. 269
12 The digestive system	p. 281
13 The urinary system	p. 339
Section 4 Protection and survival	p. 359
14 The skin	p. 361
15 Resistance and immunity	p. 373
16 The skeleton	p. 387
17 The joints	p. 413
18 The muscular system	p. 429
19 The reproductive systems	p. 437
Normal values	p. 459
Bibliography	p. 461
Index	p. 463

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