Hole's Essentials of Human Anatomy & Physiology
Hole's Essentials of Human Anatomy & Physiology
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ISBN: 9781259277368
Author: David N. Shier Dr., Jackie L. Butler, Ricki Lewis Dr.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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To describe: About the early discoveries that lead to an understanding of the human body.

Introduction: The study of human body can be divided into anatomy and physiology. The anatomy studies about the relationship and structure of the body parts, while physiology deals with functions of body parts and the whole body. The study of human anatomy and physiology together forms a better understanding of the human body.     

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From the evolution of modern humans, there is always been a quest and curiosity about the understanding of the human body. During earlier times, people went to witch doctors and healers to get healed by magic and superstitions. Overtime, the curiosity to get healed from different ailments led to discoveries of using herbs to treat cold, cough, and fever. The curiosity to find new medicine and to get healed was later changed over 2500 years that gave way to modern medicine, which had better understand of the human body, better medicines, surgical techniques, and wide knowledge about the human body.           

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Hole's Essentials of Human Anatomy & Physiology

Ch. 1.4 - Prob. 4LCh. 1.4 - Prob. 5LCh. 1.4 - Prob. 8PCh. 1.4 - Prob. 9PCh. 1.5 - Prob. 6LCh. 1.5 - Explain the importance of homeostasis to...Ch. 1.5 - Prob. 8LCh. 1.5 - Prob. 1QCh. 1.5 - Prob. 10PCh. 1.5 - Prob. 11PCh. 1.5 - Prob. 12PCh. 1.6 - Identify the locations of the major body...Ch. 1.6 - Prob. 10LCh. 1.6 - Prob. 11LCh. 1.6 - Prob. 12LCh. 1.6 - Prob. 13LCh. 1.6 - Prob. 13PCh. 1.6 - Prob. 14PCh. 1.6 - Name the cavities of the head. Ch. 1.6 - Prob. 16PCh. 1.6 - Prob. 17PCh. 1.6 - Prob. 18PCh. 1.7 - Prob. 1QCh. 1.7 - Prob. 19PCh. 1.7 - Using the appropriate terms, describe the relative...Ch. 1.7 - Describe the three types of body sections. Ch. 1.7 - Name the nine regions of the abdomen. Ch. 1 - Prob. 1CACh. 1 - Explain the difference between anatomy and...Ch. 1 - Identify relationships between the form and the...Ch. 1 - Prob. 4CACh. 1 - Prob. 5CACh. 1 - Define metabolism and give examples. Ch. 1 - List and describe five requirements of...Ch. 1 - Define homeostasis, and explain its importance. Ch. 1 - Identify the parts of a homeostatic mechanism and...Ch. 1 - Prob. 10CACh. 1 - Describe a homeostatic mechanism that helps...Ch. 1 - Explain the difference between the axial and the...Ch. 1 - Identify the cavities within the axial portion of...Ch. 1 - Define viscera. Ch. 1 - Prob. 15CACh. 1 - List the cavities of the head and the contents of...Ch. 1 - Distinguish between a parietal and a visceral...Ch. 1 - Name the major organ systems, and describe the...Ch. 1 - List the major organs that compose each organ...Ch. 1 - Write complete sentences using each of the...Ch. 1 - Sketch the outline of a human body, and use lines...Ch. 1 - Prob. 22CACh. 1 - Prob. 23CACh. 1 - Prob. 1IACTCh. 1 - Prob. 2IACTCh. 1 - Prob. 3IACTCh. 1 - Prob. 4IACTCh. 1 - Prob. 5IACTCh. 1 - Prob. 6IACTCh. 1 - Prob. 7IACT
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