Anatomy and Physiology For Dummies

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From complicated Latin names to what can seem like a million-and-one things to memorize, no one's saying anatomy and physiology is easy. It happens time and again in anatomy and physiology: One concept or connection mirrors another yet to be learned. Clinical Anatomy For Dummies presents a friendly, unintimidating overview of the material covered in a typical college-level Clinical Anatomy course. Anatomy and physiology classes are required for these majors and others such as life sciences and chemistry, and also for students on a pre-med track. p>\n

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Start your next practice sessions with those questions, and stay alert for upcoming material that may trip you up in a similar way. Scientists use these differences to classify organisms into smaller and smaller groups within the kingdom, until each organism is classified into its own specie-al group. p>\n

Simplified models assume that electron particles orbit the nucleus at different energy levels, known as shells. i>

To keep anions and cations straight, think like a compulsive dieter: Gaining is negative, and losing is positive.

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  Pleural cavities: Surround each lung

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  Pericardial cavity: Contains the heart. The body takes a divide-and-conquer approach to completing all of the tasks it must do to sustain life. So does each species of protist (one-celled creatures, like amoebae and the plasmodia that cause malaria). Clear definitions, concise explanations, and plenty of full-color illustrations make Clinical Anatomy For Dummies the most accessible book available to supplement your classroom texts.

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• Acid: A substance that becomes ionized when placed in solution, producing positively charged hydrogen ions, H⁺.This section shows you the anatomical position, planes, regions, and cavities, as well as the main membranes that line the body and divide it into major sections. If you examine a sample of any human tissue under a microscope, you see cells, possibly millions of cells. Learn about the human body from the inside out Some people think that knowing about what goes on inside the human body can sap life of its mystery—which is too bad for them.

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  If you keep thinking “It’s all Greek to me,” congratulations on your insight!
  
  If you’re really lucky, someone in your class (or maybe it’s even you) has already suggested forming that time-honored tradition — a study group. Which is too bad for them, because anybody who’s ever taken a peak under the hood knows that the human body, and all its various structures and functions, is a realm of awe-inspiring complexity and countless wonders. As a result, all descriptions are made assuming the body is in anatomical position: standing upright, facing forward, arms to the side with palms turned out, as shown in the figure below. The different forms within each kingdom have obvious differences as well: The cedar must stand on the shore but the alga would die there. p>\n

  Following are ten key things you can start doing today to ensure success not only in anatomy and physiology but in any number of other classes.

  Ultrasound imaging technology uses the echoes of sound waves sent into the body to generate a signal that a computer turns into a real-time image of anatomy and physiology.It’s evident at a glance to everyone at the beach that a starfish and a human are both animals, while the alga in the tide pool and the cedar tree on the shoreline are both plants.