UNIT ONE THE BODY AS AN INTEGRATED WHOLE 1
CHAPTER Ⅰ THE BODY CONSIDERED AS A WHOLE 3
CHAPTER Ⅱ THE WHOLE BODY AND ITS COMPONENT PARTS 17
CHAPTER Ⅲ EPITHELIAL AND CONNECTIVE TISSUES 34
UNIT TWO THE ERECT AND MOVING BODY 53
CHAPTER Ⅳ THE SKELETAL SYSTEM 56
CHAPTER Ⅴ THE ARTICULATORY SYSTEM 103
CHAPTER Ⅵ MUSCULAR TISSUE 107
CHAPTER Ⅶ THE PHYSIOLOGY OF MUSCLE 111
CHAPTER Ⅷ THE SKELETAL MUSCLES 124
UNIT THREE MAINTAINING THE METABOLISM OF THE BODY 167
CHAPTER Ⅸ BLOOD，LYMPH AND TISSUE FLUIDS 169
CHAPTER Ⅹ THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM：THE HEART 182
CHAPTER Ⅺ THE CIRCULATORY SYSTEM：SYSTEMIC CIRCULATION 197
CHAPTER Ⅻ SOME PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF THE CIRCULATION：MEASUREMENT OF BLOOD PRESSURE 225
CHAPTER ⅩⅢ THE MAINTENANCE AND THE REGULATION OF BLOOD PRESSURE 234
CHAPTER ⅩⅥ THE LYMPHATIC SYSTEM 246
CHAPTER ⅩⅤ THE RESPIRATORY SYSTEM 253
CHAPTER ⅩⅥ THE PHYSIOLOGY OF RESPIRATION 267
CHAPTER ⅩⅦ THE DIGESTIVE SYSTEM 279
CHAPTER ⅩⅧ THE PHYSIOLOGY OF DIGESTION 305
CHAPTER ⅩⅨ ABSORPTION AND METABOLISM 323
CHAPTER ⅩⅩ STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION OF THE URINARY SYSTEM 331
CHAPTER ⅩⅪ REGULATION OF BODY TEMPERATURE 344
CHAPTER ⅩⅫ THE ENDOCRINE GLANDS 350
UNIT FOUR REPRODUCTION OF THE HUMAN BODY 363
CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅢ PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT OF THE HUMAN BODY 365
CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅣ MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM 377
CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅤ FEMALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM 384
UNIT FIVE INTEGRATION AND CONTROL OF THE BODY BY THE NERVOUS SYSTEM 395
CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅥ NERVOUS TISSUE 397
CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅦ THE NERVE IMPULSE 404
CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅧ THE SPINAL CORD 410
CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅨ THE BRAIN 429
CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅩ THE AUTONOMIC NERVOUS SYSTEM 443
CHAPTER ⅩⅩⅪ SENSORY END ORGANS AND SENSATION 452
INDEX 477