Note: Cover -- Inside front cover -- Essentials of Anatomy and Physiology, Fifth edition -- Copyright © 2007 by F. A. Davis Company -- Preface -- To the Instructor -- To the Student -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- CHAPTER 1: Organization and General Plan of the Body -- LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION -- METABOLISM AND HOMEOSTASIS -- TERMINOLOGY AND GENERAL PLAN OF THE BODY -- CHAPTER 2: Some Basic Chemistry -- ELEMENTS -- ATOMS -- CHEMICAL BONDS -- CHEMICAL REACTIONS -- INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF IMPORTANCE -- ORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF IMPORTANCE -- CHAPTER 3: Cells -- CELL STRUCTURE -- CELLULAR TRANSPORT MECHANISMS -- THE GENETIC CODE AND PROTEIN SYNTHESIS -- CELL DIVISION -- AGING AND CELLS -- CHAPTER 4: Tissues and Membranes -- EPITHELIAL TISSUE -- CONNECTIVE TISSUE -- MUSCLE TISSUE -- NERVE TISSUE -- MEMBRANES -- AGING AND TISSUES -- CHAPTER 5: The Integumentary System -- THE SKIN -- SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE -- AGING AND THEINTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM -- CHAPTER 6: The Skeletal System -- FUNCTIONS OF THE SKELETON -- TYPES OF BONE TISSUE -- CLASSIFICATION OF BONES -- EMBRYONIC GROWTH OF BONE -- FACTORS THAT AFFECT BONE GROWTH AND MAINTENANCE -- THE SKELETON -- JOINTS-ARTICULATIONS -- AGING AND THE SKELETAL SYSTEM -- CHAPTER 7: The Muscular System -- MUSCLE STRUCTURE -- MUSCLE TONE -- MUSCLE SENSE -- ENERGY SOURCES FOR MUSCLE CONTRACTION -- MUSCLE FIBER-MICROSCOPIC STRUCTURE -- CONTRACTION-THE SLIDING FILAMENT MECHANISM -- RESPONSES TO EXERCISE-MAINTAINING HOMEOSTASIS -- AGING AND THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM -- MAJOR MUSCLES OF THE BODY -- CHAPTER 8: The Nervous System -- NERVOUS SYSTEM DIVISIONS -- NERVE TISSUE -- TYPES OF NEURONS -- NERVES AND NERVE TRACTS -- THE NERVE IMPULSE -- THE SPINAL CORD -- THE BRAIN -- MENINGES AND CEREBROSPINAL FLUID -- CRANIAL NERVES -- THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM -- AGING AND THE NERVOUS SYSTEM -- CHAPTER 9: The Senses -- SENSORY PATHWAY. , CHARACTERISTICS OF SENSATIONS -- CUTANEOUS SENSES -- MUSCLE SENSE -- SENSE OF TASTE -- SENSE OF SMELL -- HUNGER AND THIRST -- THE EYE -- THE EAR -- ARTERIAL RECEPTORS -- AGING AND THE SENSES -- CHAPTER 10: The Endocrine System -- CHEMISTRY OF HORMONES -- REGULATION OF HORMONE SECRETION -- THE PITUITARY GLAND -- THYROID GLAND -- PARATHYROID GLANDS -- PANCREAS -- ADRENAL GLANDS -- OVARIES -- TESTES -- OTHER HORMONES -- MECHANISMS OF HORMONE ACTION -- AGING AND THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM -- CHAPTER 11: Blood -- CHARACTERISTICS OF BLOOD -- PLASMA -- BLOOD CELLS -- CHAPTER 12: The Heart -- LOCATION AND PERICARDIAL MEMBRANES -- CHAMBERS-VESSELS AND VALVES -- CORONARY VESSELS -- CARDIAC CYCLE AND HEART SOUNDS -- CARDIAC CONDUCTION PATHWAY -- HEART RATE -- CARDIAC OUTPUT -- REGULATION OF HEART RATE -- AGING AND THE HEART -- CHAPTER 13: The Vascular System -- ARTERIES -- VEINS -- CAPILLARIES -- PATHWAYS OF CIRCULATION -- VELOCITY OF BLOOD FLOW -- BLOOD PRESSURE -- REGULATION OF BLOOD PRESSURE -- AGING AND THE VASCULAR SYSTEM -- CHAPTER 14: The Lymphatic System and Immunity -- LYMPH -- LYMPH VESSELS -- LYMPHATIC TISSUE -- IMMUNITY -- AGING AND THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM -- CHAPTER 15: The Respiratory System -- DIVISIONS OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM -- MECHANISM OF BREATHING -- PULMONARY VOLUMES -- EXCHANGE OF GASES -- TRANSPORT OF GASES IN THE BLOOD -- REGULATION OF RESPIRATION -- RESPIRATION AND ACID-BASE BALANCE -- AGING AND THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM -- CHAPTER 16: The Digestive System -- DIVISIONS OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM -- TYPES OF DIGESTION -- ORAL CAVITY -- PHARYNX -- ESOPHAGUS -- STRUCTURAL LAYERS OF THE ALIMENTARY TUBE -- STOMACH -- SMALL INTESTINE -- LIVER -- GALLBLADDER -- PANCREAS -- COMPLETION OF DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION -- LARGE INTESTINE -- OTHER FUNCTIONS OF THE LIVER -- AGING AND THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM -- CHAPTER 17: Body Temperature and Metabolism. , BODY TEMPERATURE -- METABOLISM -- AGING AND METABOLISM -- CHAPTER 18: The Urinary System -- KIDNEYS -- FORMATION OF URINE -- THE KIDNEYS AND ACID-BASE BALANCE -- OTHER FUNCTIONS OF THE KIDNEYS -- ELIMINATION OF URINE -- CHARACTERISTICS OF URINE -- AGING AND THE URINARY SYSTEM -- CHAPTER 19: Fluid-Electrolyte and Acid-Base Balance -- WATER COMPARTMENTS -- WATER INTAKE AND OUTPUT -- ELECTROLYTES -- ACID-BASE BALANCE -- AGING AND FLUID AND pH REGULATION -- CHAPTER 20: The Reproductive Systems -- MEIOSIS -- MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM -- FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM -- AGING AND THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS -- CHAPTER 21: Human Development and Genetics -- HUMAN DEVELOPMENT -- GENETICS -- CHAPTER 22: An Introduction to Microbiology and Human Disease -- CLASSIFICATION OFMICROORGANISMS -- NORMAL FLORA -- INFECTIOUS DISEASE -- EPIDEMIOLOGY -- METHODS OF CONTROL OF MICROBES -- THE PATHOGENS -- Appendix A: Units of Measure -- Appendix B: Abbreviations -- Appendix C: Normal Values for Some Commonly Used Blood Tests -- Appendix D: Normal Values for Some Commonly Used Urine Tests -- Appendix E: Eponymous Terms -- Appendix F: Prefixes, Combining Word Roots, and Suffixes Used in Medical Terminology -- Appendix G: Answers to Illustration Questions -- Glossary -- Index.

Note: Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- PREFACE TO THE SEVENTH EDITION -- TO THE INSTRUCTOR -- TO THE STUDENT -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- CONTENTS -- Chapter 1: Organization and General Plan of the Body -- LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION -- METABOLISM AND HOMEOSTASIS -- TERMINOLOGY AND GENERAL PLAN OF THE BODY -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 2: Some Basic Chemistry -- ATOMS -- ELEMENTS -- CHEMICAL BONDS -- CHEMICAL REACTIONS -- INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF IMPORTANCE -- ORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF IMPORTANCE -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 3: Cells -- CELL STRUCTURE -- CELLULAR TRANSPORT MECHANISMS -- THE GENETIC CODE AND PROTEIN SYNTHESIS -- CELL DIVISION -- AGING AND CELLS -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 4: Tissues and Membranes -- EPITHELIAL TISSUE -- CONNECTIVE TISSUE -- MUSCLE TISSUE -- NERVE TISSUE -- MEMBRANES -- AGING AND TISSUES -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 5: The Integumentary System -- THE SKIN -- SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE -- AGING AND THE INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 6: The Skeletal System -- CLASSIFICATION OF BONES -- EMBRYONIC GROWTH OF BONE -- FUNCTIONS OF THE SKELETON -- TYPES OF BONE TISSUE -- FACTORS THAT AFFECT BONE GROWTH AND MAINTENANCE -- THE SKELETON -- JOINTS-ARTICULATIONS -- AGING AND THE SKELETAL SYSTEM -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 7: The Muscular System -- MUSCLE STRUCTURE -- MUSCLE TONE -- MUSCLE SENSE -- ENERGY SOURCES FOR MUSCLE CONTRACTION -- MUSCLE FIBER-MICROSCOPIC STRUCTURE -- CONTRACTION-THE SLIDING FILAMENT MECHANISM -- RESPONSES TO EXERCISE- MAINTAINING HOMEOSTASIS -- AGING AND THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM -- MAJOR MUSCLES OF THE BODY -- Chapter 8: The Nervous System -- NERVE TISSUE -- NERVOUS SYSTEM DIVISIONS -- THE NERVE IMPULSE -- TYPES OF NEURONS -- NERVES AND NERVE TRACTS -- THE SPINAL CORD -- THE BRAIN -- MENINGES AND CEREBROSPINAL FLUID -- CRANIAL NERVES -- THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM -- AGING AND THE NERVOUS SYSTEM -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 9: The Senses. , CHARACTERISTICS OF SENSATIONS -- SENSORY PATHWAY -- CUTANEOUS SENSES -- MUSCLE SENSE -- SENSE OF TASTE -- SENSE OF SMELL -- HUNGER AND THIRST -- THE EYE -- THE EAR -- ARTERIAL RECEPTORS -- AGING AND THE SENSES -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 10: The Endocrine System -- CHEMISTRY OF HORMONES -- REGULATION OF HORMONE SECRETION -- THE PITUITARY GLAND -- THYROID GLAND -- PARATHYROID GLANDS -- PANCREAS -- ADRENAL GLANDS -- OVARIES -- TESTES -- OTHER HORMONES -- MECHANISMS OF HORMONE ACTION -- AGING AND THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 11: Blood -- PLASMA -- BLOOD CELLS -- CHARACTERISTICS OF BLOOD -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 12: The Heart -- CARDIAC MUSCLE TISSUE -- LOCATION AND PERICARDIAL MEMBRANES -- CHAMBERS-VESSELS AND VALVES -- CORONARY VESSELS -- CARDIAC CYCLE AND HEART SOUNDS -- CARDIAC CONDUCTION PATHWAY -- HEART RATE -- CARDIAC OUTPUT -- REGULATION OF HEART RATE -- AGING AND THE HEART -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 13: The Vascular System -- VEINS -- ARTERIES -- CAPILLARIES -- PATHWAYS OF CIRCULATION -- VELOCITY OF BLOOD FLOW -- BLOOD PRESSURE -- REGULATION OF BLOOD PRESSURE -- AGING AND THE VASCULAR SYSTEM -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 14: The Lymphatic System and Immunity -- LYMPHATIC TISSUE -- LYMPH -- LYMPH VESSELS -- IMMUNITY -- AGING AND THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 15: The Respiratory System -- DIVISIONS OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM -- MECHANISM OF BREATHING -- PULMONARY VOLUMES -- EXCHANGE OF GASES -- TRANSPORT OF GASES IN THE BLOOD -- REGULATION OF RESPIRATION -- RESPIRATION AND ACID-BASE BALANCE -- AGING AND THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 16: The Digestive System -- DIVISIONS OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM -- TYPES OF DIGESTION -- ORAL CAVITY -- PHARYNX -- ESOPHAGUS -- STRUCTURAL LAYERS OF THE ALIMENTARY TUBE -- STOMACH -- SMALL INTESTINE -- LIVER -- GALLBLADDER -- PANCREAS -- COMPLETION OF DIGESTION AND ABSORPTION -- LARGE INTESTINE. , OTHER FUNCTIONS OF THE LIVER -- AGING AND THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 17: Body Temperature and Metabolism -- BODY TEMPERATURE -- METABOLISM -- AGING AND METABOLISM -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 18: The Urinary System -- KIDNEYS -- FORMATION OF URINE -- THE KIDNEYS AND ACID-BASE BALANCE -- OTHER FUNCTIONS OF THE KIDNEYS -- ELIMINATION OF URINE -- CHARACTERISTICS OF URINE -- AGING AND THE URINARY SYSTEM -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 19: Fluid-Electrolyte and Acid-Base Balance -- WATER COMPARTMENTS -- WATER INTAKE AND OUTPUT -- ELECTROLYTES -- ACID-BASE BALANCE -- AGING AND FLUID AND PH REGULATION -- Chapter 20: The Reproductive Systems -- MEIOSIS -- MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM -- FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM -- AGING AND THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 21: Human Development and Genetics -- HUMAN DEVELOPMENT -- Chapter 22: An Introduction to Microbiology and Human Disease -- CLASSIFICATION OF MICROORGANISMS -- NORMAL FLORA-MICROBIOTA -- INFECTIOUS DISEASE -- EPIDEMIOLOGY -- METHODS OF CONTROL OF MICROBES -- THE PATHOGENS -- SUMMARY -- Appendix A Units of Measure -- Appendix B Abbreviations -- Appendix C Normal Values for SomeCommonly Used Blood Tests -- Appendix D Normal Values for SomeCommonly Used Urine Tests -- Appendix E Eponymous Terms -- Appendix F Prefixes, Combining Word Roots,and Suffixes Used in Medical Terminology -- Appendix G Answers to Illustration Questions -- GLOSSARY -- INDEX.

Note: Intro -- Inside Front Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Preface to the Eighth Edition -- To the Instructor -- To the Student -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Chapter 1 Organization and General Plan of the Body -- LEVELS OF ORGANIZATION -- METABOLISM AND HOMEOSTASIS -- TERMINOLOGY AND GENERAL PLAN OF THE BODY -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 2 Some Basic Chemistry -- ELEMENTS -- ATOMS -- CHEMICAL BONDS -- CHEMICAL REACTIONS -- INORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF IMPORTANCE -- ORGANIC COMPOUNDS OF IMPORTANCE -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 3 Cells -- CELL STRUCTURE -- CELLULAR TRANSPORT MECHANISMS -- THE GENETIC CODE AND PROTEIN SYNTHESIS -- CELL DIVISION -- AGING AND CELLS -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 4 Tissues and Membranes -- EPITHELIAL TISSUE -- CONNECTIVE TISSUE -- MUSCLE TISSUE -- NERVE TISSUE -- MEMBRANES -- AGING AND TISSUES -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 5 The Integumentary System -- THE SKIN -- SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE -- AGING AND THE INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 6 The Skeletal System -- FUNCTIONS OF THE SKELETON -- TYPES OF BONE TISSUE -- CLASSIFICATION OF BONES -- EMBRYONIC GROWTH OF BONE -- FACTORS THAT AFFECT BONE GROWTHAND MAINTENANCE -- THE SKELETON -- JOINTS-ARTICULATIONS -- AGING AND THE SKELETAL SYSTEM -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 7 The Muscular System -- MUSCLE STRUCTURE -- MUSCLE TONE -- MUSCLE SENSE -- ENERGY SOURCES FOR MUSCLECONTRACTION -- MUSCLE FIBER-MICROSCOPICSTRUCTURE -- CONTRACTION-THE SLIDING FILAMENTMECHANISM -- RESPONSES TO EXERCISE-LONG-TERMBENEFITS AND MAINTAINING HOMEOSTASIS -- AGING AND THE MUSCULAR SYSTEM -- MAJOR MUSCLES OF THE BODY -- Chapter 8 The Nervous System -- NERVOUS SYSTEM DIVISIONS -- NERVE TISSUE -- THE NERVE IMPULSE -- TYPES OF NEURONS -- NERVES AND NERVE TRACTS -- THE SPINAL CORD -- THE BRAIN -- MENINGES AND CEREBROSPINAL FLUID -- CRANIAL NERVES -- THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM -- AGING AND THE NERVOUS SYSTEM -- SUMMARY. , Chapter 9 The Senses -- SENSORY PATHWAY -- CHARACTERISTICS OF SENSATIONS -- CUTANEOUS SENSES -- SENSE OF TASTE -- MUSCLE SENSE -- SENSE OF SMELL -- HUNGER AND THIRST -- THE EYE -- THE EAR -- ARTERIAL RECEPTORS -- AGING AND THE SENSES -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 10 The Endocrine System -- CHEMISTRY OF HORMONES -- REGULATION OF HORMONE SECRETION -- THE PITUITARY GLAND -- THYROID GLAND -- PARATHYROID GLANDS -- PANCREAS -- ADRENAL GLANDS -- OVARIES -- TESTES -- OTHER HORMONES -- MECHANISMS OF HORMONE ACTION -- AGING AND THE ENDOCRINE SYSTEM -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 11 Blood -- CHARACTERISTICS OF BLOOD -- PLASMA -- BLOOD CELLS -- SUMMARY -- Chapte 12 The Heart -- CARDIAC MUSCLE TISSUE -- LOCATION AND PERICARDIALMEMBRANES -- CHAMBERS-VESSELS AND VALVES -- CORONARY VESSELS -- CARDIAC CYCLE AND HEART SOUNDS -- CARDIAC CONDUCTION PATHWAY -- HEART RATE -- CARDIAC OUTPUT -- REGULATION OF HEART RATE -- AGING AND THE HEART -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 13 The Vascular System -- ARTERIES -- VEINS -- CAPILLARIES -- PATHWAYS OF CIRCULATION -- VELOCITY OF BLOOD FLOW -- BLOOD PRESSURE -- REGULATION OF BLOOD PRESSURE -- AGING AND THE VASCULAR SYSTEM -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 14 The Lymphatic System and Immunity -- LYMPH -- LYMPH VESSELS -- LYMPHATIC TISSUE -- IMMUNITY -- AGING AND THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 15 The Respiratory System -- DIVISIONS OF THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM -- MECHANISM OF BREATHING -- PULMONARY VOLUMES -- EXCHANGE OF GASES -- TRANSPORT OF GASES IN THE BLOOD -- REGULATION OF RESPIRATION -- RESPIRATION AND ACID-BASE BALANCE -- AGING AND THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 16 The Digestive System -- DIVISIONS OF THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM -- TYPES OF DIGESTION -- ORAL CAVITY -- PHARYNX -- ESOPHAGUS -- STRUCTURAL LAYERS OF THE ALIMENTARY TUBE -- STOMACH -- SMALL INTESTINE -- LIVER -- GALLBLADDER -- PANCREAS -- COMPLETION OF DIGESTIONAND ABSORPTION. , LARGE INTESTINE -- OTHER FUNCTIONS OF THE LIVER -- AGING AND THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 17 Body Temperature and Metabolism -- BODY TEMPERATURE -- METABOLISM -- AGING AND METABOLISM -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 18 The Urinary System -- KIDNEYS -- FORMATION OF URINE -- THE KIDNEYS AND ACID-BASE BALANCE -- OTHER FUNCTIONS OF THE KIDNEYS -- ELIMINATION OF URINE -- CHARACTERISTICS OF URINE -- AGING AND THE URINARY SYSTEM -- SUMMARY -- SUMMARY -- Chapter 19 Fluid-Electrolyte and Acid-Base Balance -- WATER COMPARTMENTS -- WATER INTAKE AND OUTPUT -- ELECTROLYTES -- ACID-BASE BALANCE -- AGING AND FLUID AND pH REGULATION -- Chapter 20 The Reproductive Systems -- MEIOSIS -- MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM -- FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM -- AGING AND THE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEMS -- SUMMARY -- Chatper 21 Human Development and Genetics -- HUMAN DEVELOPMENT -- GENETICS -- Chapter 22 An Introduction to Microbiology and Human Disease -- CLASSIFICATION OF MICROORGANISMS -- NORMAL FLORA-MICROBIOTA -- INFECTIOUS DISEASE -- EPIDEMIOLOGY -- METHODS OF CONTROL OF MICROBES -- THE PATHOGENS -- SUMMARY -- Appendix A Units of Measure -- Appendix B Abbreviations -- Appendix C Normal Values for Some Commonly Used Blood Tests -- Appendix D Normal Values for Some Commonly Used Urine Tests -- Appendix E Eponymous Terms -- Appendix F Prefixes, Combining Word Roots, and Suffixes Used in Medical Terminology -- Appendix G Answers to Illustration Questions -- Appendix H Answers to Takeaways Questions -- Glossary -- Index.