Visualizing Human Biology engages medical professionals to connect the science to their own lives through stunning visuals. It presents the important concepts of human biology as they relate to the world we live in. The role of the human in the environment is stressed throughout, ensuring that topics such as evolution, ecology, and chemistry are introduced in a non-threatening and logical fashion.The second edition includes revised art that helps make the concepts easier to understand, and additional visualizing features have been integrated throughout the chapters. The material has also been streamlined, making this a concise resource for medical professionals.

Kathleen Irelandcurrently teaches biology and anatomy and physiology at a private high school on Maui. In the past she was on the faculties of Maui Community College and Iowa State University where she taught both of these courses. In between her current position and her position at Maui CC, Kathleen worked for Prentice Hall as Media Editor in Applied Biology, leading the team that worked on the technology that accompanied all of Ric Martini’s textbooks. She has pursued advanced studies in both physiology and education, and has a PhD in Curriculum and Instructional Technology, Science Education.

David Tenenbaumhas an MA in Science Writing from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Journalism and Mass Communication. He has written, contributed to and edited many books, including California Geology (McGraw-Hill; contributor); Financial Planning in the Bank (edited); Managing Technology (author). He was co-winner in 2002 of the Science in Society Award from the National Association of Science Writers for his writing in The Why Files http://whyfiles.org.

Foreword

Preface

UNIT ONE: Introduction to the study of human life

* Chapter 1 -

What is life?

* Chapter 2 -

Where do we come from and where do we fit?

* Chapter 3 -

Everyday chemistry of life

* Chapter 4 -

Cells: organization and communication

* Chapter 5 -

Tissues

UNIT TWO: Moving through the environment

* Chapter 6 -

The skeleton-muscular system

* Chapter 7 -

The nervous system

* Chapter 8 -

The special senses

UNIT THREE: Protection from the environment

* Chapter 9 -

Immunity and the lymphatic system

* Chapter 10 -

Infectious disease and epidemiology

* Chapter 11 -

Cancer

UNIT FOUR: Thriving within the environment

* Chapter 12 -

The cardiovascular system

* Chapter 13 -

The respiratory system

* Chapter 14 -

Nutrition

* Chapter 15 -

The digestive system

* Chapter 16 -

The urinary system

UNIT FIVE: Populating the environment

* Chapter 17 -

The endocrine system

* Chapter 18 -

The reproductive systems

* Chapter 19 -

Pregnancy

* Chapter 20 -

Inheritance, genetics, and molecular biology

* Chapter 21 -

The human population

Appendix

Glossary

Index