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Our Marvelous Bodies
Price: $39.95
Subtitle:
An Introduction to
the Physiology of Human Health
Author:
Gary F. Merrill
Subject:
Health and Medicine
Cloth ISBN 978-0-8135-4281-2
Pages:
240 pages, 22
illustrations, 24 tables
Publication Date:
May 2008
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Table of Contents
Chapter 1
Praise
for Our Marvelous Bodies
"Using marvelous examples of
everyday experience, Merrill effectively illustrates and explains many
complex physiological processes. This blending of basic human biology
with real-life stories greatly helps us to understand our own bodies -
as patients, students, or as health care professionals."—Richard A.
Nyhof, Professor of Biology, Calvin College
“Merrill's approach to science instruction is a unique one. I
found it captivating."
—Byron Cryer, University of Texas Southwestern Medical School
"Dr. Gary Merrill's enthusiasm for physiology is aptly
expressed in his book title Our
Marvelous Bodies. His clear explanations of how the human body
works will be helpful to students in the health care professions." —John E. Hall, Ph.D.,
Arthur C. Guyton Professor and Chair, Department of Physiology and
Biophysics, University of Mississippi Medical Center
"Merrill has written a concise yet thorough primier on the
physiology of the major human body systems. Highly recommended." —CHOICE
Description:
Our Marvelous
Bodies offers a unique perspective on the structure, function, and
care of the major systems of the human body. Unlike other texts that
use a strictly scientific approach, physiologist Gary F. Merrill relays
medical facts alongside personal stories that help students relate to
and apply the information.
Readers learn
the basics of feedback control systems, homeostasis, and physiological
gradients. These principles apply to an understanding of the body's
functioning under optimal, healthy conditions, and they provide insight
into states of acute and chronic illness. Separate chapters are devoted
to each of the body's systems in detail: nervous, endocrine,
cardiovascular, respiratory, renal, gastrointestinal, musculoskeletal,
reproductive, and immune. Through a series of real-life examples, the
book also shows the importance of maintaining careful medical records
for health care professionals, scientists, and patients alike.
About the Author:
Gary F.
Merrill is a professor of cell biology and neuroscience in the
Division of Life Sciences at Rutgers University.
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