Starr and McMillan's HUMAN BIOLOGY offers a clear and engaging introduction to human biology, emphasizing real-life applications and critical thinking. Each chapter includes helpful learning aids, such as "Take-Home Messages," and concludes with sections that connect the material to personal relevance and future implications.
Layer by layer, both the structure and function of the human body are mapped in stunning detail. Packed with body maps, lavish photography, informational diagrams and up-to-date anatomical facts, this is the ultimate guide to the human body. Each subsection concludes with a presentation of what happens when the body is invaded or malfunctions, our natural defenses, the most recent research on diagnosis and the latest medical innovations.
A superb handbook on the marvel that is the human body. This new Visual Guide provides the latest scientific information on the human body, using microphotography, advanced medical imaging and annotated illustrations. The book reveals all the intricacy and beauty of the human body and shows the structure and functions of all the systems that make up a human