Anatomy & Physiology All-in-One For Dummies (+ Chapter Quizzes Online)

Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Introduction
	About This Book
	Foolish Assumptions
	Icons Used in This Book
	Beyond the Book
	Where to Go from Here
Unit 1 Locating Physiology on the Web of Knowledge
	Chapter 1 Learning a New Language: How to Speak Fluent A&P
		A Word about Jargon
		Looking at the Body from the Proper Perspective
			Getting in position
			Dividing the anatomy
			Mapping the regions
			Casing your cavities
		Getting Organized
			Level 1: The organism level
			Level 2: The organ system level
			Level 3: The organ level
			Level 4: The tissue level
			Level 5: The cellular level
			Level 6: The molecular level
		Whaddya Know? Chapter 1 Quiz
		Answers to Chapter 1 Quiz
	Chapter 2 Better Living through Chemistry
		What’s the Matter?
		Keep Your Ion the Prize
			Try on some ions
			Water, water everywhere
			Remaining neutral
		Building Blocks That Build You
			Carbohydrates
			Lipids
			Proteins
				Amino acids
				Enzymes
			Nucleic acids
		Metabolism: It’s More Than Just Food
		Charging Your Batteries
		Practice Questions Answers and Explanations
		Whaddya Know? Chapter 2 Quiz
		Answers to Chapter 2 Quiz
	Chapter 3 The Secret Life of Cells
		Keeping Same Things the Same: Homeostasis
			Maintaining a constant temperature: Thermoregulation
			Swimming in H2O: Fluid balance
		Division of Labor
			Mission Control: The nucleus
			The workhorses: Organelles and their functions
		Controlling the Ins and Outs
			Diffusion
			Osmosis
			Active transport
		Divide and Conquer
			Walking through the cell cycle
				Waiting for action: Interphase
				Sorting out the parts: Prophase
				Dividing at the equator: Metaphase
				Packing up to move out: Anaphase
				Pinching off: Telophase
				Splitting up: Cytokinesis
			Differentiation
		Practice Questions Answers and Explanations
			Whaddya Know? Chapter 3 Quiz
		Answers to Chapter 3 Quiz
	Chapter 4 Joining Forces: Cells Organize into Tissues
		Covering Up: Epithelial Tissues
		Making a Connection: Connective Tissues
			Proper connective tissue
			Specialized connective tissue
		Flexing It: Muscle Tissues
		Getting the Signal Across: Nervous Tissue
		Whaddya Know? Chapter 4 Quiz
		Answers to Chapter 4 Quiz
Unit 2 Weaving It All Together: The Structural Layers
	Chapter 5 It’s Just Skin Deep: The Integumentary System
		Meet & Greet and Love the Skin You’re In
		Digging Deep into Dermatology
			Don’t judge this book by its cover: The epidermis
				The thin, impervious cover
				The transit zone
				The cell farm
				The basement
			Exploring the dermis
				Under the basement
				The manufacturing site
			Getting under your skin: The hypodermis
		No Skin Is Complete without Accessories
			Wigging out about hair
			Nailing nails
			The oil slick
			Sweating the details
			Grateful for glands
		Your Sensational Skin
		Practice Questions Answers and Explanations
		Whaddya Know? Chapter 5 Quiz
		Answers to Chapter 5 Quiz
	Chapter 6 More than a Scaffold to Build On: The Skeletal System
		Meet & Greet Your Body’s Foundation
		Boning Up on Bone Structures
			Classifying bones
			Bone structures
			Parts of a long bone
			Histology
				Bone cells
				Bone tissue
		Turning Bones into Bone
			Observing ossification
			Getting a grip on growth
				Intramembranous growth
				Endochondral growth
			Remodel & repair
		The Axial Skeleton
			It’s good to be hardheaded
			Cracking the cranium
			Facing the facial bones
			Sniffing out the sinuses
			Stand up straight
			Being caged can be a good thing
		The Appendicular Skeleton
			Wearing girdles: Everybody has two
			Going out on a limb
				Giving you a hand with hands (and arms and elbows)
				Getting a leg up on your lower limbs
		Artful Articulations
			Form versus function
			Jump around with your joints
		Practice Questions Answers and Explanations
		Whaddya Know? Chapter 6 Quiz
		Answers to Chapter 6 Quiz
	Chapter 7 Getting in Gear: The Muscles
		Meet & Greet Your Mighty Muscles
		Structure Matches Function
			On the move: The three tissue types
			No ordinary cells
		The Electric Slide
			What are filaments and how do they slide?
			Get your motor runnin’
			Time to relax
		Push, Pull, & Hold
			Bundles of fun
			Leveraging power
			Assuming the right tone
		What’s in a Name?
			Heads up! Muscles of the head, neck, and shoulders
			Twisting the torso
			Spreading your wings
			Getting a leg up
		Practice Questions Answers and Explanations
		Whaddya Know? Chapter 7 Quiz
		Answers to Chapter 7 Quiz
Unit 3 Talking to Yourself
	Chapter 8 Your Electric Personality
		Meet & Greet the Far-Reaching Nervous System
		Integrating the Input with the Output
			Neurons
			Glial cells
			Nerves
			Ganglia and plexuses
		Feeling Impulsive?
			Stimulus
			Action potential versus impulse
			Across the synapse
		Minding the Central Nervous System
			Show some spine
			Finding your way around Grand Central Station
				The brainstem
				The diencephalon
				The cerebellum
				The cerebrum
				The meninges and ventricles
		Taking the Side Streets: The Peripheral Nervous System
			Getting on your nerves
			Catlike reflexes
			Have some sympathy
		Sensory Overload
			Out of touch
			Seeing is believing
			Have you heard?
			You have good taste
			You smell well
		Practice Questions Answers and Explanations
		Whaddya Know? Chapter 8 Quiz
		Answers to Chapter 8 Quiz
	Chapter 9 Raging Hormones: The Endocrine System
		Meet & Greet Your Body’s Chemical Messengers
		Honing In on Hormones
			We have good chemistry
			How function dictates structure
		The Ringmasters
			The hypothalamus
			The pituitary gland
				Anterior pituitary
				Posterior pituitary
		The Cast of Characters
			Topping off the kidneys: The adrenal glands
				The adrenal cortex
				The adrenal medulla
			Thriving with the thyroid
			Pairing up with the parathyroid
			Pinging the pineal gland
			Thumping the thymus
			Pressing the pancreas
			Getting the gonads going
				Estrogen
				Progesterone
				Testosterone
		Practice Questions Answers and Explanations
			Whaddya Know? Chapter 9 Quiz
		Answers to Chapter 9 Quiz
Unit 4 Traveling the World
	Chapter 10 The River(s) of Life
		Blood Is Thicker than Water
			No river runs dry
			Moving trucks: Red blood cells
			Waiting on a war: White blood cells
			Plugging up with platelets
		The In-Between
			The stealthy swap: Capillary exchange
			A new organ? The interstitium
		Of Sirens and Lymphs
		Whaddya Know? Chapter 10 Quiz
		Answers to Chapter 10 Quiz
	Chapter 11 Spreading the Love: The Cardiovascular System
		Meet & Greet Your Pumping Station
		Home Is Where the Heart Is
			In through the front: The atria
			Out through the back: The ventricles
		Your Heart Song
			The orchestra
			The conductor
			The performance
			The recording
		Moving to the Beat of Your Own Drum
			It’s all in vein
				Starting with the arteries
				Cruising the capillaries
				Visiting the veins
			Keep your finger on the pulse
			Under pressure
		Practice Questions Answers and Explanations
		Whaddya Know? Chapter 11 Quiz
		Answers to Chapter 11 Quiz
	Chapter 12 Underground Defenses: The Lymphatic System
		Meet & Greet Your Body’s Customs and Border Control
			Having a Spleendid time
				The Spleen
				The thymus gland
				The tonsils, Peyer’s patches, and appendix
			Picking Your Nodes
		Immunity: A Three-Act Play
			The set
			The stars of the show: Leukocytes
			Their talents: Mechanisms of action
				Phagocytosis
				Degranulation
				Inflammation
		Act 1: Innate Immunity
		Act 2: Adaptive Immunity
			Cell-mediated immunity
			Humoral immunity
		Act 3: Becoming Immune
		Practice Questions Answers and Explanations
		Whaddya Know? Chapter 12 Quiz
		Answers to Chapter 12 Quiz
Unit 5 Supply and Demand
	Chapter 13 Oxygenating the Machine: The Respiratory System
		Meet & Greet the Old Windbags
		A Breath of Fresh Air
			Nose around
			Jump down your throat
			The upside-down tree
			The light at the end of the tunnel
		Breathe In the Good, Breathe Out the Bad
			Keep it under control
			Normal breathing
			Giving it that little extra
			Mechanics
		All in One Breath
			Passing gas
			The carpool line
		Practice Questions Answers and Explanations
			Whaddya Know? Chapter 13 Quiz
		Answers to Chapter 13 Quiz
	Chapter 14 Fueling the Fire: The Digestive System
		Meet & Greet the Alimentary School
		Nothing to Spit At
			It all begins in the mouth
			Swallow your pride
		The Stomach: More Than a Vat of Acid
		Breaking Down Digestive Enzymes
			The liver delivers
			Pancreas party
			Down in the duodenum
		Double Duty: The Small Intestine and the Liver
		One Last Look Before Leaving
			The unappreciated appendix
			The big bowel
			Mass movements
		Practice Questions Answers and Explanations
			Whaddya Know? Chapter 14 Quiz
		Answers to Chapter 14 Quiz
	Chapter 15 Cleaning Up Your Act: The Urinary System
		Meet & Greet the Body’s Recycling and Waste Management System
		Focus on Filtration
			Can’t we just take out the trash?
			Resource recovery
				Tubular reabsorption
				Water reabsorption
				Tubular secretion
		The Yellow River
			Surfing the ureters
			Ballooning the bladder
			Sweet relief
		The Homeostasis Machines
			Regulating blood pH
			Controlling blood volume
		Practice Questions Answers and Explanations
		Whaddya Know? Chapter 15 Quiz
		Answers to Chapter 15 Quiz
Unit 6 Making a Mini-Me: Behind the Scenes
	Chapter 16 Why Ask Y? Gamete Production
		Producing Gametes
			Meiosis
			Male versus female
				Female gametes: Ova
				Male gametes: Spermatozoa
		Meet & Greet the Male Reproductive System
			Sperm development
			Semen production
			Arousal and ejaculation
		Meet & Greet the Female Reproductive System
			Mapping the female organs
				Ovaries
				Uterine tubes
				Uterus
				Vagina
				Vulva
				Breasts
			The vicious cycle
				The ovarian cycle
				The uterine cycle
		Practice Questions Answers and Explanations
		Whaddya Know? Chapter 16 Quiz
		Answers to Chapter 16 Quiz
	Chapter 17 Baking the Bundle of Joy
		Fertilization: A Battle for the Ages!
		And So It Begins
			Implantation
			Embryonic development
		Finishing Out the Trimesters
			The placenta
			Fetal development
		The Fun Part: Labor and Delivery
			A labor of love
			Special delivery
		Practice Questions Answers and Explanations
		Whaddya Know? Chapter 17 Quiz
		Answers to Chapter 17 Quiz
	Chapter 18 From Cradle to Grave
		Programming Development
			Stages of development
			Dimensions of development
				Growth
				Differentiation
				Decline
		Human Life Span
			Changes at birth
			Infancy and childhood
			Adolescence
				Female puberty
				Male puberty
				Ending adolescence
			Young adulthood
			Pausing for pregnancy
				Uterus
				Ovaries
				Breasts
				Other organ systems
			The “Middle Ages”
			Growing creaky
		Whaddya Know? Chapter 18 Quiz
		Answers to Chapter 18 Quiz
Index
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