Anatomy & Physiology For Dummies, 3rd Ed.

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Part 1: Locating Physiology on the Web of Knowledge

Chapter 1. Anatomy and Physiology: The Big Picture

Chapter 2. What Your Body Does All Day

Chapter 3. A Bit about Cell Biology

Part 2: Sizing Up the Structural Layers

Chapter 4. Getting the Skinny on Skin, Hair, and Nails

Chapter 5. Scrutinizing the Skeletal System

Chapter 6. Muscles: Setting You in Motion

Part 3: Talking to Yourself

Chapter 7. The Nervous System: Your Body’s Circuit Board

Chapter 8. The Endocrine System: Releasing Chemical Messages

Part 4: Exploring the Inner Workings of the Body

Chapter 9. The Cardiovascular System: Getting Your Blood Pumping

Chapter 10. The Respiratory System: Breathing Life into Your Body

Chapter 11. The Digestive System: Beginning the Breakdown

Chapter 12. The Urinary System: Cleaning Up the Act

Chapter 13. The Lymphatic System: Living in a Microbe Jungle

Part 5: Life’s Rich Pageant: Reproduction and Development

Chapter 14. The Reproductive System

Chapter 15. Change and Development over the Life Span

Part 6: The Part of Tens

Chapter 16. Ten (Or So) Chemistry Concepts Related to Anatomy and Physiology

Chapter 17. Ten Phabulous Physiology Phacts

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