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Learn to:
- Use common clinical anatomy terms
- Recognize bones, muscles, nerves, and other structures of the body
- Score your highest in a clinical anatomy course
Your ticket to acing a clinical anatomy course
Need help with your college-level clinical anatomy course? This book presents a friendly, unintimidating overview of the material you're studying, including clinical anatomy terms, the systems of the body, and various structures of the thorax, abdomen, pelvis, head, neck, back, and limbs. Clear definitions, concise explanations, and plenty of illustrations will help you make the grade!
- Clinical Anatomy 101 -- get the skinny on how clinical anatomy compares to other types of anatomical study and make sense of the vocabulary used in clinical anatomy
- All systems go -- discover how to organize the body into different systems, including the musculoskeletal, nervous, cardiovascular, and digestive systems
- Get under your skin -- find out everything you need to know about the three regions that comprise the trunk -- the thorax, the abdomen, and the pelvis
- Get a "head" of the class -- understand the ins and outs of what"s going on in your head, neck, and back
- Go to extremes -- understand the structures and movements of the upper and lower extremities
Open the book and find:
- Plain-English explanations of terms used in clinical anatomy
- The makeup of various systems of the body
- Details about the thorax, the abdomen, and the pelvis
- Structures in the head, the neck, and the back
- Parts of the upper and lower limbs
- Ten useful clinical anatomy mnemonics
- 16 pages of full-color illustrations
Learn to:
- Use common clinical anatomy terms
- Recognize bones, muscles, nerves, and other structures of the body
- Score your highest in a clinical anatomy course
Your ticket to acing a clinical anatomy course
Need help with your college-level clinical anatomy course? This book presents a friendly, unintimidating overview of the material you're studying, including clinical anatomy terms, the systems of the body, and various structures of the thorax, abdomen, pelvis, head, neck, back, and limbs. Clear definitions, concise explanations, and plenty of illustrations will help you make the grade!
- Clinical Anatomy 101 -- get the skinny on how clinical anatomy compares to other types of anatomical study and make sense of the vocabulary used in clinical anatomy
- All systems go -- discover how to organize the body into different systems, including the musculoskeletal, nervous, cardiovascular, and digestive systems
- Get under your skin -- find out everything you need to know about the three regions that comprise the trunk -- the thorax, the abdomen, and the pelvis
- Get a "head" of the class -- understand the ins and outs of what"s going on in your head, neck, and back
- Go to extremes -- understand the structures and movements of the upper and lower extremities
Open the book and find:
- Plain-English explanations of terms used in clinical anatomy
- The makeup of various systems of the body
- Details about the thorax, the abdomen, and the pelvis
- Structures in the head, the neck, and the back
- Parts of the upper and lower limbs
- Ten useful clinical anatomy mnemonics
- 16 pages of full-color illustrations
David Terfera, PhD, teaches biomedical sciences at the University of Bridgeport College of Naturopathic Medicine. Shereen Jegtvig, DC, MS, is a health and nutrition writer.
Introduction 1
About This Book 1
Conventions Used in This Book 1
What You're Not to Read 2
Foolish Assumptions 2
How This Book is Organized 2
Part I: Beginning with Clinical Anatomy Basics 3
Part II: Understanding the Thorax, Abdomen, and Pelvis 3
Part III: Looking at the Head, Neck, and Back 3
Part IV: Moving to the Upper and Lower Extremities 3
Part V: The Part of Tens 3
Icons Used in This Book 4
Where to Go from Here 4
Part I: Beginning with Clinical Anatomy Basics 5
Chapter 1: Entering the World of Clinical Anatomy 7
Studying the Body in Different Ways 7
Looking under the microscope or with your eyes 7
Speaking clinically: Terms used in clinical anatomy 8
Dividing the Body into Systems and Regions 8
Organizing the body by systems 9
Organizing the body by regions 10
Chapter 2: Getting a Grip on Terms Used in Clinical Anatomy 13
Describing Anatomy by Position, Region, and Plane 13
Beginning with the anatomical position 14
Figuring out what goes where in anatomical regions 14
Knowing what's up, down, back, and front in specific terms 16
Slicing the body into anatomical planes 17
Labeling Anatomical Movement 19
Bending and straightening 19
Going away and getting closer 19
Moving in circles 20
Surveying other ways to move 20
Chapter 3: Examining the Integumentary, Musculoskeletal, and Nervous Systems 23
Showing Interest in Integument 23
Looking at the layers and structures of the skin 24
Going in farther to the fascia 26
Boning Up on the Skeleton 26
Figuring out what makes a bone 26
Surveying the shapes of bones 27
Feeling out bumps, ridges, and indentations 28
Catching Up to Cartilage 29
Joining the Joints 29
Making the Body Move with Muscles 31
Moving the bones with skeletal muscle 31
Keeping the heart ticking with cardiac muscle 33
Having no control over smooth muscle 34
Getting on Your Nerves 34
Determining what's in (and on) a neuron 35
Coordinating input and signals with the central nervous system 36
Touching and moving with the peripheral nervous system 36
Feeling and reacting with the somatic nervous system 37
Taking control with the autonomic nervous system 37
Chapter 4: Moving Along with the Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems 39
Tracing Circulatory Pathways in the Cardiovascular System 39
Making the rounds: Systemic circulation 40
Fueling up: Pulmonary circulation 41
Moving Blood Away from the Heart with Arteries 43
Looking inside large elastic arteries 44
Moving to medium muscular arteries 44
Surveying small arteries and arterioles 44
Taking Blood Back to the Heart with Capillaries and Veins 45
Exchanging gases, nutrients, and wastes in capillaries 45
Peeking into veins and venules 46
Breathing In and Out: The Respiratory System 47
Chapter 5: Looking at the Immune and Lymphatic Systems 49
Beginning with Red Bone Marrow and Leukocytes 49
Fighting infection with lymphocytes 50
Binging on bacteria with phagocytes 50
Controlling histamines with basophils 51
Surveying the Lymphatic System 51
Networking with lymphatic capillaries and vessels 51
Filtering lymph through nodes 52
Collecting lymph in ducts 53
Assessing Additional Lymphoid Organs 54
The thymus 54
The spleen 55
The tonsils, the appendix, and the gut 55
Chapter 6: Delving into the Digestive, Urinary, and Endocrine Systems 57
Breaking Down and Absorbing Your Food: The Digestive System 57
Starting in the mouth 58
Continuing through the esophagus and into the stomach 58
Finishing in the small intestine with help from the pancreas, gallbladder, and liver 59
Forming and removing bulk in the large intestine 59
Removing Wastes: The Urinary System 60
Handling Hormones: The Endocrine System 61
The master gland: The pituitary 61
The pituitary's assistants: The hypothalamus and pineal glands 62
The body's metabolism booster: The thyroid gland 62
Fighting infection: The thymus 63
Stressing out: The suprarenals 64
Digestive aid: The pancreas 64
Mars and Venus: The testes and the ovaries 65
Part II: Understanding the Thorax, Abdomen, and Pelvis 67
Chapter 7: Checking Out the Thoracic Cage and Coverings 69
Getting Under Your Skin: Thoracic Bones, Joints, Muscles, and More 69
Forming the thoracic cage: The bones 70
Moving just a little: The joints 72
Helping you breathe: The respiratory muscles 73
Running through the thorax: The nerves and blood vessels 76
Covering It All Up: The Surface Anatomy of the Thorax 78
Using imaginary lines in your assessment 78
Looking at the anterior chest wall 79
Examining the posterior chest wall 82
Chapter 8: Assessing the Thoracic Organs 85
Understanding the Mediastinum and Pleural Cavities 85
The mediastinum 85
The pleural cavities 86
Looking at the Lungs 87
Surveying the lungs' surfaces and borders 88
Getting air in and out with the trachea 88
Branching into the bronchi 88
Checking out the lobes 89
Flowing with nerves, blood vessels, and lymphatics 90
Having a Heart 93
Surrounding the heart with the pericardium 93
Examining the surfaces of the heart 93
Putting together the four chambers 95
Feeding the heart: Arteries and veins 97
Giving the heart its spark 98
Exploring Thoracic Circulation 101
Circulating blood in the major vessels 101
Moving lymph through the lymphatic vessels 102
Discovering What Else is in the Thoracic Cavity 103
Chapter 9: Bellying Up to the Abdominal Wall 105
Drawing Quadrants and Regions on the Abdominal Wall 105
Using two lines: The four quadrants 106
Using four lines: The nine regions 106
Making Up the Abdominal Wall: Muscles and More 107
Absolutely fabulous abdominal muscles 107
Nerves, blood vessels, and lymphatics for maintaining tissues 108
Lining the abdomen: The peritoneum 112
Inspecting the Inguinal Region 112
The inguinal ligament and the iliopubic tract 112
The inguinal canal 113
The spermatic cord 114
The testes 114
The scrotum 115
Seeing the Skin and Surface Anatomy of the Abdominal Wall 116
Chapter 10: Probing the Abdominal Organs 119
Poking Around the Peritoneum 119
The mesentery and the peritoneal folds and ligaments 120
The greater and lesser omentums 120
Digging into the Main Digestive Organs 121
Entering the esophagus 121
Churning in the stomach 122
Winding through the small intestine 124
Moving into the large intestine 126
Observing Organs that Assist with Digestion 128
Locating the liver 128
Glancing at the gallbladder 132
Pinpointing the pancreas 132
Identifying Renal Anatomy 133
Knowing the kidneys 134
Tracing the ureters 135
Spying the suprarenal glands 135
Figuring Out What Else is in the Abdominal Cavity 136
The spleen 136
Nerves 137
Major abdominal blood vessels 139
Lymphatics 142
Chapter 11: Seeing the Pelvis and the Perineum 145
Pinpointing the Pelvic Structures 145
Forming the pelvic girdle: Bones and joints 146
Making note of muscles and fascia 148
Personal space: The peritoneum 149
Feeling out the nerves of the pelvis 150
Viewing blood vessels 152
Looking at lymphatics 154
Comparing Pelvic Organs 155
Locating pelvic organs that everyone has 155
Finding Mars: The male pelvic organs 157
Finding Venus: The female pelvic organs 159
Exit Strategy: The Perineum 162
The male perineum 164
The female perineum 164
Part III: Looking at the Head, Neck, and Back 167
Chapter 12: Head of the Class 169
Sticking to the Skull Bones 169
Cradling the brain in the cranial cavity 170
Facing forward with the facial bones 172
Encasing the Brain: The Meninges 173
The dural infoldings 173
The dural venous sinuses 174
Locating the Areas and Structures of the Brain 175
Thinking about the cerebrum 177
Going inside the diencephalon 177
Balancing the cerebellum 177
Surveying the brainstem 178
Draining the brain with the ventricles 178
Getting the glands 178
Counting the cranial nerves 179
Serving the brain: The blood supply 182
Putting on a Face 183
Expressing yourself with facial muscles 183
Moving with motor nerves 185
Feeling out sensory nerves 185
Viewing blood vessels 187
Getting a handle on lymphatics 190
Enveloping the Head: Facial Surface Anatomy and the Scalp 190
Chapter 13: Seeing, Smelling, Tasting, and Hearing 193
Seeing into the Eyes 193
Taking cover with eyelids 194
Having a ball - an eyeball, that is 195
Rolling your eyes with extraocular muscles 197
Serving the eyes: The nerves 199
Providing blood flow to and from the eyes 200
Knowing the Nose 201
Sniffing out the exterior of the nose 201
Scoping out the nasal cavity 201
Insinuating your way into the paranasal sinuses 203
Sensing the nerves, blood vessels, and...
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2012 |
---|---|
Fachbereich: | Chirurgie |
Genre: | Importe, Medizin |
Rubrik: | Wissenschaften |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
ISBN-13: | 9781118116432 |
ISBN-10: | 1118116437 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: |
Terfera, David
Jegtvig, Shereen |
Hersteller: | Wiley |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
Maße: | 235 x 191 x 23 mm |
Von/Mit: | David Terfera (u. a.) |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 10.04.2012 |
Gewicht: | 0,791 kg |
David Terfera, PhD, teaches biomedical sciences at the University of Bridgeport College of Naturopathic Medicine. Shereen Jegtvig, DC, MS, is a health and nutrition writer.
Introduction 1
About This Book 1
Conventions Used in This Book 1
What You're Not to Read 2
Foolish Assumptions 2
How This Book is Organized 2
Part I: Beginning with Clinical Anatomy Basics 3
Part II: Understanding the Thorax, Abdomen, and Pelvis 3
Part III: Looking at the Head, Neck, and Back 3
Part IV: Moving to the Upper and Lower Extremities 3
Part V: The Part of Tens 3
Icons Used in This Book 4
Where to Go from Here 4
Part I: Beginning with Clinical Anatomy Basics 5
Chapter 1: Entering the World of Clinical Anatomy 7
Studying the Body in Different Ways 7
Looking under the microscope or with your eyes 7
Speaking clinically: Terms used in clinical anatomy 8
Dividing the Body into Systems and Regions 8
Organizing the body by systems 9
Organizing the body by regions 10
Chapter 2: Getting a Grip on Terms Used in Clinical Anatomy 13
Describing Anatomy by Position, Region, and Plane 13
Beginning with the anatomical position 14
Figuring out what goes where in anatomical regions 14
Knowing what's up, down, back, and front in specific terms 16
Slicing the body into anatomical planes 17
Labeling Anatomical Movement 19
Bending and straightening 19
Going away and getting closer 19
Moving in circles 20
Surveying other ways to move 20
Chapter 3: Examining the Integumentary, Musculoskeletal, and Nervous Systems 23
Showing Interest in Integument 23
Looking at the layers and structures of the skin 24
Going in farther to the fascia 26
Boning Up on the Skeleton 26
Figuring out what makes a bone 26
Surveying the shapes of bones 27
Feeling out bumps, ridges, and indentations 28
Catching Up to Cartilage 29
Joining the Joints 29
Making the Body Move with Muscles 31
Moving the bones with skeletal muscle 31
Keeping the heart ticking with cardiac muscle 33
Having no control over smooth muscle 34
Getting on Your Nerves 34
Determining what's in (and on) a neuron 35
Coordinating input and signals with the central nervous system 36
Touching and moving with the peripheral nervous system 36
Feeling and reacting with the somatic nervous system 37
Taking control with the autonomic nervous system 37
Chapter 4: Moving Along with the Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems 39
Tracing Circulatory Pathways in the Cardiovascular System 39
Making the rounds: Systemic circulation 40
Fueling up: Pulmonary circulation 41
Moving Blood Away from the Heart with Arteries 43
Looking inside large elastic arteries 44
Moving to medium muscular arteries 44
Surveying small arteries and arterioles 44
Taking Blood Back to the Heart with Capillaries and Veins 45
Exchanging gases, nutrients, and wastes in capillaries 45
Peeking into veins and venules 46
Breathing In and Out: The Respiratory System 47
Chapter 5: Looking at the Immune and Lymphatic Systems 49
Beginning with Red Bone Marrow and Leukocytes 49
Fighting infection with lymphocytes 50
Binging on bacteria with phagocytes 50
Controlling histamines with basophils 51
Surveying the Lymphatic System 51
Networking with lymphatic capillaries and vessels 51
Filtering lymph through nodes 52
Collecting lymph in ducts 53
Assessing Additional Lymphoid Organs 54
The thymus 54
The spleen 55
The tonsils, the appendix, and the gut 55
Chapter 6: Delving into the Digestive, Urinary, and Endocrine Systems 57
Breaking Down and Absorbing Your Food: The Digestive System 57
Starting in the mouth 58
Continuing through the esophagus and into the stomach 58
Finishing in the small intestine with help from the pancreas, gallbladder, and liver 59
Forming and removing bulk in the large intestine 59
Removing Wastes: The Urinary System 60
Handling Hormones: The Endocrine System 61
The master gland: The pituitary 61
The pituitary's assistants: The hypothalamus and pineal glands 62
The body's metabolism booster: The thyroid gland 62
Fighting infection: The thymus 63
Stressing out: The suprarenals 64
Digestive aid: The pancreas 64
Mars and Venus: The testes and the ovaries 65
Part II: Understanding the Thorax, Abdomen, and Pelvis 67
Chapter 7: Checking Out the Thoracic Cage and Coverings 69
Getting Under Your Skin: Thoracic Bones, Joints, Muscles, and More 69
Forming the thoracic cage: The bones 70
Moving just a little: The joints 72
Helping you breathe: The respiratory muscles 73
Running through the thorax: The nerves and blood vessels 76
Covering It All Up: The Surface Anatomy of the Thorax 78
Using imaginary lines in your assessment 78
Looking at the anterior chest wall 79
Examining the posterior chest wall 82
Chapter 8: Assessing the Thoracic Organs 85
Understanding the Mediastinum and Pleural Cavities 85
The mediastinum 85
The pleural cavities 86
Looking at the Lungs 87
Surveying the lungs' surfaces and borders 88
Getting air in and out with the trachea 88
Branching into the bronchi 88
Checking out the lobes 89
Flowing with nerves, blood vessels, and lymphatics 90
Having a Heart 93
Surrounding the heart with the pericardium 93
Examining the surfaces of the heart 93
Putting together the four chambers 95
Feeding the heart: Arteries and veins 97
Giving the heart its spark 98
Exploring Thoracic Circulation 101
Circulating blood in the major vessels 101
Moving lymph through the lymphatic vessels 102
Discovering What Else is in the Thoracic Cavity 103
Chapter 9: Bellying Up to the Abdominal Wall 105
Drawing Quadrants and Regions on the Abdominal Wall 105
Using two lines: The four quadrants 106
Using four lines: The nine regions 106
Making Up the Abdominal Wall: Muscles and More 107
Absolutely fabulous abdominal muscles 107
Nerves, blood vessels, and lymphatics for maintaining tissues 108
Lining the abdomen: The peritoneum 112
Inspecting the Inguinal Region 112
The inguinal ligament and the iliopubic tract 112
The inguinal canal 113
The spermatic cord 114
The testes 114
The scrotum 115
Seeing the Skin and Surface Anatomy of the Abdominal Wall 116
Chapter 10: Probing the Abdominal Organs 119
Poking Around the Peritoneum 119
The mesentery and the peritoneal folds and ligaments 120
The greater and lesser omentums 120
Digging into the Main Digestive Organs 121
Entering the esophagus 121
Churning in the stomach 122
Winding through the small intestine 124
Moving into the large intestine 126
Observing Organs that Assist with Digestion 128
Locating the liver 128
Glancing at the gallbladder 132
Pinpointing the pancreas 132
Identifying Renal Anatomy 133
Knowing the kidneys 134
Tracing the ureters 135
Spying the suprarenal glands 135
Figuring Out What Else is in the Abdominal Cavity 136
The spleen 136
Nerves 137
Major abdominal blood vessels 139
Lymphatics 142
Chapter 11: Seeing the Pelvis and the Perineum 145
Pinpointing the Pelvic Structures 145
Forming the pelvic girdle: Bones and joints 146
Making note of muscles and fascia 148
Personal space: The peritoneum 149
Feeling out the nerves of the pelvis 150
Viewing blood vessels 152
Looking at lymphatics 154
Comparing Pelvic Organs 155
Locating pelvic organs that everyone has 155
Finding Mars: The male pelvic organs 157
Finding Venus: The female pelvic organs 159
Exit Strategy: The Perineum 162
The male perineum 164
The female perineum 164
Part III: Looking at the Head, Neck, and Back 167
Chapter 12: Head of the Class 169
Sticking to the Skull Bones 169
Cradling the brain in the cranial cavity 170
Facing forward with the facial bones 172
Encasing the Brain: The Meninges 173
The dural infoldings 173
The dural venous sinuses 174
Locating the Areas and Structures of the Brain 175
Thinking about the cerebrum 177
Going inside the diencephalon 177
Balancing the cerebellum 177
Surveying the brainstem 178
Draining the brain with the ventricles 178
Getting the glands 178
Counting the cranial nerves 179
Serving the brain: The blood supply 182
Putting on a Face 183
Expressing yourself with facial muscles 183
Moving with motor nerves 185
Feeling out sensory nerves 185
Viewing blood vessels 187
Getting a handle on lymphatics 190
Enveloping the Head: Facial Surface Anatomy and the Scalp 190
Chapter 13: Seeing, Smelling, Tasting, and Hearing 193
Seeing into the Eyes 193
Taking cover with eyelids 194
Having a ball - an eyeball, that is 195
Rolling your eyes with extraocular muscles 197
Serving the eyes: The nerves 199
Providing blood flow to and from the eyes 200
Knowing the Nose 201
Sniffing out the exterior of the nose 201
Scoping out the nasal cavity 201
Insinuating your way into the paranasal sinuses 203
Sensing the nerves, blood vessels, and...
Erscheinungsjahr: | 2012 |
---|---|
Fachbereich: | Chirurgie |
Genre: | Importe, Medizin |
Rubrik: | Wissenschaften |
Medium: | Taschenbuch |
Inhalt: | Einband - flex.(Paperback) |
ISBN-13: | 9781118116432 |
ISBN-10: | 1118116437 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Einband: | Kartoniert / Broschiert |
Autor: |
Terfera, David
Jegtvig, Shereen |
Hersteller: | Wiley |
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: | Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de |
Maße: | 235 x 191 x 23 mm |
Von/Mit: | David Terfera (u. a.) |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 10.04.2012 |
Gewicht: | 0,791 kg |