Study Guide for Memmler's The Human Body in Health and Disease, Tenth Edition

by Cohen, Barbara Janson

• ISBN13: 9780781751728
• ISBN10: 0781751721
• Edition: 10th
• Format: Study Guide
• Copyright: 2005-03-23
• Publisher: LWW

Summary

This comprehensive textbook for speech pathology and audiology students covers the production, acoustics, and perception of normal speech. Other topics include anatomy, physiology, research methodology, and history and evolution of speech science. New to this completely revised Fourth Edition are: an updated section on computers in research, analysis and data processing; new material on MRI, PET, CAT and ultrasound imaging; and new and updated figures. Includes audio clip. For more information, visit http://connection.LWW.com/go/speechscience.

Table of Contents

Unit I The Body as a Whole	2	(66)
Organization of the Human Body	3	(18)
Chemistry, Matter, and Life	21	(15)
Cells and Their Functions	36	(17)
Tissues, Glands, and Membranes	53	(15)
Unit II Disease and the First Line of Defense	68	(27)
Disease and Disease-Producing Organisms	69	(14)
The Skin in Health and Disease	83	(12)
Unit III Movement and Support	95	(44)
The Skeleton: Bones and Joints	96	(26)
The Muscular System	122	(17)
Unit IV Coordination and Control	139	(65)
The Nervous System: The Spinal Cord and Spinal Nerves	140	(17)
The Nervous System: The Brain and Cranial Nerves	157	(17)
The Sensory System	174	(18)
The Endocrine System: Glands and Hormones	192	(12)
Unit V Circulation and Body Defense	204	(73)
The Blood	205	(16)
The Heart and Heart Disease	221	(14)
Blood Vessels and Blood Circulation	235	(19)
The Lymphatic System and Lymphoid Tissue	254	(13)
Body Defenses, Immunity, and Vaccines	267	(10)
Unit VI Energy: Supply and Use	277	(72)
Respiration	278	(14)
Digestion	292	(20)
Metabolism, Nutrition, and Body Temperature	312	(10)
Body Fluids	322	(10)
The Urinary System	332	(17)
Unit VII Perpetuation of Life	349
The Male and Female Reproductive Systems	350	(16)
Development and Birth	366	(11)
Heredity and Hereditary Diseases	377