Schaum's Outline of Human Anatomy and Physiology, Third Edition

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Table of contents

1. Introduction to the Human Body
2. Cellular Chemistry
3. Cell Structure and Function
4. Tissues
5. Integumentary System
6. Skeletal System
7. Muscle Tissue and Mode of Contraction
8. Muscular System
9. Nervous Tissue
10. Central Nervous System
11. Peripheral and Autonomic Nervous System
12. Sensory Organs
13. Endocrine System
14. Cardiovascular System: Blood
15. Cardiovascular System: The Heart
16. Cardiovascular System: Vessels and Blood Circulation
17. Lymphatic System and Body Immunity
18. Respiratory System
19. Digestive System
20. Metabolism, Nutrition, and Temperature Regulation
21. Urinary System
22. Water and Electrolyte Balance
23. Reproductive System

Biographical note

Kent M. Van De Graaff (Provo, UT) is currently a professor of zoology at Weber State University in Ogden, Utah. He received his B.S. in Zoology at Weber State College, his M.S. at the University of Utah, and his Ph.D. at Northern Arizona University. He completed a postdoctorate course in neuromyology, and taught anatomy at the University of Minnesota and Brigham Young University. Van De Graaff is the author or coauthor of several college textbooks, including Human Anatomy, Concepts of Human Anatomy and Physiology, and Synopsis of Human Anatomy and Physiology.

R. Ward Rhees (Orem, UT) is a professor of zoology at Brigham Young University. He received his B.S. in Pharmacy at the University of Utah and his Ph.D. in Physiology at Colorado State University. He taught at Weber State College and has been a visiting professor in the department of anatomy and the Brain Research Institute at the UCLA School of Medicine. His research on sexual differentiation of the brain has been published in numerous leading scholarly journals and presented at national and international conferences.

Sidney Palmer (Rexburg, ID) currently teaches at Brigham Young University - Idaho.