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ISBN 10: 1118545294
ISBN 13: 978-1118545294
Author: Kathleen Ireland
This book includes many new features, additions, and visuals used to teach and explain. Varied learning styles are used through blogs, podcasts, animations and videos. Furthermore, box features highlight engaging stories that help maintain interest in the science behind the stories and connect what’s relevant today with how human biology works. A new Visualizing Human Biology Lab Manual is fully compatible with the text, bringing the Visualizing approach into the laboratory setting.
Visualizing Human Biology 4th Table of contents:
UNIT 1 INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF LIFE
1 What Is Life?
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Living Organisms Display Nine Specific Characteristics
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HEALTH, WELLNESS, AND DISEASE: Homeostasis Is a Way of Life!
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Human Biology Is Structured and Logical
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I WONDER… Are Viruses Considered Living Organisms?
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Scientists Approach Questions Using the Scientific Method
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ETHICS AND ISSUES: Why Should Endangered Species Matter to Me?
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Scientific Findings Often Lead to Ethical Dilemmas
2 Where Do We Come from and Where Do We Fit?
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What Are the Origins of Modern Humans?
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WHAT A SCIENTIST SEES: Neanderthal Extinction
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I WONDER… How Are Fossilized Human Remains “Interpreted” to Produce Our Family Tree?
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ETHICS AND ISSUES: Are Humans Still Evolving?
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What Does the Human Body Have in Common with the World Around It?
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We Reflect Our Environment: We Have a Habitat and a Niche
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HEALTH, WELLNESS, AND DISEASE: Environmental Illness: Real or Imagined?
3 Everyday Chemistry of Life
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Life Has a Unique Chemistry
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I WONDER… If I Take Ginseng, Will I Pass My Exams?!
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HEALTH, WELLNESS, AND DISEASE: Electrolytes and Homeostasis
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WHAT A SCIENTIST SEES: van der Waals Forces in Nature
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Water Is Life’s Essential Chemical
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There Are Four Main Categories of Organic Chemicals
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ETHICS AND ISSUES: Environmental Estrogens: Are We Feminizing the Planet?
4 Cells: Organization and Communication
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The Cell Is Highly Organized and Dynamic
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I WONDER… Can Stem Cells Really Cure Cancer?
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WHAT A SCIENTIST SEES: “This Baby Needs Water!”
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The Cell Membrane Delineates the Cell
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HEALTH, WELLNESS, AND DISEASE: Malfunctioning Organelles Can Be Life Threatening
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The Components of a Cell Are Called Organelles
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Cell Communication Is Important to Cellular Success
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ETHICS AND ISSUES: Artificial Life: Why Is It So Hard to Create?
5 Tissues
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Cells Are the Building Blocks of Tissues
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WHAT A SCIENTIST SEES: Knee Troubles!
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HEALTH, WELLNESS, AND DISEASE: Is Liposuction the Easy Way Out?
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I WONDER… What Is Tissue Typing?
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Organization Increases with Organs, Organ Systems, and the Organism
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ETHICS AND ISSUES: Organ Farming?!
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Scientists Use a Road Map to the Human Body
UNIT 2 – MOVING THROUGH THE ENVIRONMENT
6 The Skeletomuscular System
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The Skeletomuscular System Is Multifunctional and Dynamic
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Bone Is Strong and Light Tissue
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WHAT A SCIENTIST SEES: Broken Bones
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The Skeleton Holds It All Together
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ETHICS AND ISSUES: Reinventing the Skeletomuscular System
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Skeletal Muscles Exercise Power
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Whole-Muscle Contractions Require Energy
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WHAT A SCIENTIST SEES: “To Supplement or Not… That Is the Question”
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HEALTH, WELLNESS, AND DISEASE: Exercise Can Do a Body Good
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I WONDER… Can I Really “Think” My Way to a Better Athletic Performance?
7 The Nervous System
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The Nervous System Is Categorized by Structure and Function
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Neurons Work Through Action Potentials
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WHAT A SCIENTIST SEES: Your Brain on Alcohol
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HEALTH, WELLNESS, AND DISEASE: What Causes Drug Addiction?
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The Brain and Spinal Cord Are Central to the Nervous System
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I WONDER… What Is a Concussion?
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ETHICS AND ISSUES: Is Early Detection of Alzheimer’s Beneficial?
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I WONDER… Does Sleep Really Make a Difference?
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The Peripheral Nervous System Extends the Central Nervous System
8 The Special Senses
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The Special Senses Tell Us About Our Environment
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I WONDER… Do Humans Respond to Pheromones?
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Vision Is Our Most Acute Sense
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The Special Senses Are Our Connection to the Outside World
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HEALTH, WELLNESS, AND DISEASE: Sensory Sensitive Healing
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WHAT A SCIENTIST SEES: Laser Eye Surgery
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ETHICS AND ISSUES: Let There Be Sight
UNIT 3 – PROTECTION FROM THE ENVIRONMENT
9 Immunity and the Lymphatic System
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How Do We Adapt to Stress?
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WHAT A SCIENTIST SEES: Marriage May Often Cause a Momentary Feeling of Panic
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Skin and Mucous Membranes Are the First Line of Defense
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We Have a Second Line of Innate Defense
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The Lymphatic System and Specific Immunity Are Our Third Line of Defense
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HEALTH, WELLNESS, AND DISEASE: Mononucleosis and the Spleen
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ETHICS AND ISSUES: How Do Thoughts and Emotions Affect Our T Cells and Immune Systems?
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Immunity Can Be Acquired Actively or Passively
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I WONDER… Are There Any Vaccines Against Cancer?
10 Infectious Disease and Epidemiology
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The Study of Epidemics Is Global in Scope
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I WONDER… Are Any Epidemics Occurring Right Now?
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Bacteria Are Single-Celled Wonders that Can Cause Disease
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WHAT A SCIENTIST SEES: Testing Antibiotics
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ETHICS AND ISSUES: MRSA Causes and Implications
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Viruses Can Reproduce and Kill, but They Are Not Alive
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AIDS and HIV Attack the Immune System
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HEALTH, WELLNESS, AND DISEASE: Current Actions in Worldwide Disease Prevention
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Other Pathogens Carry Other Dangers
11 Cancer
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Cancer Cells Develop in Distinct Ways
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Cancer Has Many Causes and Effects
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ETHICS AND ISSUES: How Do We React to Cancer Clusters?
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HEALTH, WELLNESS, AND DISEASE: Unraveling Genetic Links to Cancer Risks
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WHAT A SCIENTIST SEES: Getting Back to Work After Cancer
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Cancer Can Be Diagnosed and Treated Effectively
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I WONDER… How Can I Lower My Cancer Risks?
UNIT 4 – THRIVING WITHIN THE ENVIRONMENT
12 The Cardiovascular System
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The Heart Ensures Continual, 24/7 Nutrient Delivery
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WHAT A SCIENTIST SEES: AEDs and Cardiac Arrest
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Blood Transport Involves Miles of Sophisticated Plumbing
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Different Circulatory Pathways Have Specific Purposes
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Cardiovascular Disorders Have Life-Threatening Consequences
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Blood Consists of Plasma and Formed Elements
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ETHICS AND ISSUES: When Do People Have the Right to Refuse a Blood Transfusion?
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I WONDER… How Does Blood Doping Work?
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HEALTH, WELLNESS, AND DISEASE: Blood Thinners: How and Why
13 The Respiratory System: Movement of Air
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The Respiratory System Provides Us with Essential Gas Exchange
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I WONDER… Can I Really Get Sick from Breathing Deeply in Caves?
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Air Must Be Moved In and Out of the Respiratory System
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WHAT A SCIENTIST SEES: Aging and Changing Respiratory Volumes
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External Respiration Brings Supplies for Internal Respiration
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Transport of Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide Requires Hemoglobin and Plasma
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Respiratory Health Is Critical to Survival
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ETHICS AND ISSUES: When Does Particulate Air Pollution Become a Serious Public Health Hazard?
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HEALTH, WELLNESS, AND DISEASE: Tobacco, the Universal Poison
14 Nutrition: You Are What You Eat
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Nutrients Are Life Sustaining
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I WONDER… How Is My Ideal Body Weight Determined?
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Nutrients Are Metabolized
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Health Can Be Hurt by Nutritional Disorders
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ETHICS AND ISSUES: The Obesity Epidemic
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WHAT A SCIENTIST SEES: A Hidden Peril: E. Coli-Infested Food
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HEALTH, WELLNESS, AND DISEASE: How Do Environmental Agents Become Concentrated in My Food?
15 The Digestive System
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Digestion Begins in the Oral Cavity
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WHAT A SCIENTIST SEES: Do Whitening Toothpastes and Gels Work?
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The Stomach Puts Food to the Acid Test
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I WONDER… How Does Gastric Bypass Surgery Work?
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The Intestines and Accessory Organs Finish the Job
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HEALTH, WELLNESS, AND DISEASE: Gallbladder Removal Options
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Digestion Is Both Mechanical and Chemical
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ETHICS AND ISSUES: How Much Do We Help the World If We Go Vegan?
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