Human Biology
Social, Environmental, and Personal Concerns
Published on 10. October 1997
Book
Hardback
608 pages
978-0-03-001281-5 (ISBN)
Description
Intended for one-semester courses in human biology or general biology using a human systems model, this text presents the basic principles and applies them to students' lives. The authors aim to help students understand their everyday experiences with their bodies and the world around them. Features include Applications chapters, focusing on health problems and augmenting the Concepts chapters. Topics such as Alzheimer's disease, drugs and sexually transmitted diseases are covered due to their potential effect on students and their families. Social Issue questions look at what society's policy decisions should be and, integrated throughout, issues such as the waiting lists for transplant donors show students how to relate the information learned in the classroom to the choices faced in everyday life.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
CA
United States
Publishing group
Cengage Learning, Inc
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 274 mm
Width: 227 mm
Weight
1661 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-03-001281-5 (9780030012815)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Part I: The Organization of the Body. Science and Society. The Chemistry of Life. The Cell. Body Organization and Homeostasis. Part II: Control and Coordination of the Body. Skeletal and Muscular Systems. The Endocrine System. Neurons: The Matter of the Mind. Alzheimer's Disease. The Nervous System. Drugs and the Mind. Sensory Systems. Part III: Maintenance of the Body. Blood. The Circulatory System. Body Defense Mechanisms. The Digestive System. Nutrition and Weight Control. The Respiratory System. Smoking and Disease. The Urinary System. Part IV: Reproduction and Development. Reproductive Systems. Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS. Development and Aging. Part V: Genetics. Chromosomes, Meiosis, And the Principles of Inheritance. DNA and Biotechnology. Cancer. Part VI: Evolution and Ecology. The Principles of Evolution. Ecology and the Environment. Principles of Populations.