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Biology of Humans: Concepts, Applications and Issues (text component), 2/E
ISBN-10: 0131789996
ISBN-13: 9780131789999
Publisher: Benjamin Cummings
Copyright: 2007
Format: Paper; 624 pp
Published: 12/11/2006
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For courses in Human Biology taken primarily by non-science majors but which might also include students in applied medical or nursing specializations.
This lively narrative personalizes the study of human biology with a friendly writing style, stunning art, abundant applications, and tools to help students develop critical-thinking skills. With clarity, currency, and consistency, the authors give students a conceptual framework for understanding how their bodies work and for dealing with issues relevant to human health in the modern world. Students will gain an appreciation for the intricacy of human biology and the place of humans in the ecosphere.
Concepts:
• Clear and engaging writing style – Uses first-person narrative; analogies and applications are woven throughout to engage the reader and clearly explain concepts.
• Stunning illustration program – Directed by two medical illustrators, the illustration program uses vibrant, three-dimensional figures to enhance the explanation in the text.
• Reference (overview) figures in illustrations – Shows students where in the body a particular structure is located or where in a particular organ, for example, the parts are located.
• Voice balloons — direct and instruct the reader in how to follow the important steps in a process or how to identify the key aspects of a structure in many figures.
Applications:
• Health, Social, and Environmental Issues Essays — Explore contemporary topics that directly relate to students’ lives and motivate them to make connections to the world around them.
• Special Topic Chapters:
— Expand “pure biology” to cover issues with an interest in personal health, and are more thoroughly developed than they could be in an essay.
– Educators who prefer to teach an applied human biology course can use these chapters to go into greater depth with specific applied topics.
Reasoning Skills:
• “Stop and Think" features:
— Engage students in the learning process and promote active learning.
– Students are invited to pause, think about the concept previously explained, and apply that information to a new situation.
• “What would you do?” Questions:
— Raise ethical questions about issues that society faces today.
– Students are able to see the relevance of information learned in a biology classroom to real-life problems or decisions that society must make.
• New chapter on “Stem Cells–The Body’s Repair Kit” (Ch. 19).
• New Essays, including:
– SOCIAL ISSUE Scientific Misconduct (see Ch. 1)
– HEALTH ISSUE The Fear That Vaccines Cause Autism (see Ch. 13)
– ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE Lead Poisoning (see Ch. 11)
– SOCIAL ISSUE Bird Flu, Will it Become Pandemic? (see Ch. 14)
– HEALTH ISSUE Environmental Estrogens (see Ch. 17)
• Many new and timely applications woven into the body of the text.
Increased number of Applying the Concept questions.
• Two types of tables – Includes one for review and the second, indicated with a specific icon, for more in-depth information on particular topics.
BRIEF CONTENTS
PART I THE ORGANIZATION OF THE BODY
Chapter 1 Humans in the World of Biology 1
Chapter 2 Chemistry Comes to Life 14
Chapter 3 The Cell 37
Chapter 4 Body Organization and Homeostasis 62
PART II CONTROL AND COORDINATION OF THE BODY
Chapter 5 The Skeletal System 82
Chapter 6 The Muscular System 97
Chapter 7 Neurons: The Matter of the Mind 110
Chapter 8 The Nervous System 124
Chapter 8a SPECIAL TOPIC Drugs and the Mind 142
Chapter 9 Sensory System 152
Chapter 10 The Endocrine System 174
PART III MAINTENANCE OF THE BODY
Chapter 11 Blood 197
Chapter 12 The Circulatory System 211
Chapter 13 Body Defense Mechanisms 234
Chapter 13a SPECIAL TOPIC Infectious Disease 256
Chapter 14 The Respiratory System 268
Chapter 14a SPECIAL TOPIC Smoking and Disease 287
Chapter 15 The Digestive System 296
Chapter 15a SPECIAL TOPIC Nutrition and Weight Control 313
Chapter 16 The Urinary System 329
PART IV REPRODUCTION
Chapter 17 Reproductive Systems 349
Chapter 17a SPECIAL TOPIC Sexually Transmitted Diseases and AIDS 370
Chapter 18 Development Throughout Life 382
PART V GENETICS AND DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 19 Chromosomes and Cell Division 405
Chapter 19a Stem Cells——The Body’s Repair Kit 424
Chapter 20 Genetics and Human Inheritance 430
Chapter 21 DNA and Biotechnology 447
Chapter 21a SPECIAL TOPIC Cancer 468
PART VI EVOLUTION AND ECOLOGY
Chapter 22 Evolution and Our Heritage 480
Chapter 23 Ecology, the Environment, and Us 501
Chapter 24 Human Populations, Limited Resources, and Pollution 519
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