Laboratory Manual for Human Biology: Concepts and Current Issues / Edition 6

by Michael D. Johnson, Bert Atsma, Sandra Hsu

Overview

The Laboratory Manual includes Safety Guidelines, Objectives, A List of Materials Needed, Topic Introduction, Activities with embedded questions, and Critical Thinking Questions.

• An emphasis on critical thinking is now present throughout the entire lab manual
• Exercise 20, Genetics, has been significantly streamlined to be more accessible
• Topics throughout the manual have been updated to give students the most current information available.
• Artwork has been clarified, enlarged, and improved.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780321750280
Publisher:	Benjamin Cummings
Publication date:	05/02/2011
Edition description:	Older Edition
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	8.30(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.70(d)

Table of Contents

1. Scientific Method and Laboratory Protocol
2. The Microscope
3. The Anatomy and Diversity of Cells
4. Cell Physiology
5. Tissues
6. Orientations to the Human Body
7. The Integumentary System
8. The Skeletal System
9. The Muscular System
10. The Nervous System I: Organization, Neurons, Nervous Tissue, and Spinal Reflexes
11. The Nervous System II: The Spinal Cord, Brain, and Autonomic Nervous System
12. The Senses
13. The Endocrine System
14. The Cardiovascular System I: Blood
15. The Cardiovascular System II: Heart and Blood Vessels
16. The Respiratory System
17. The Digestive System and Nutrition
18. The Urinary System
19. The Reproductive System
20. Genetics
21. DNA Technology and Genetic Engineering
22. Evolution
23. Human Ecology


Appendix: The Metric System