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Human biology : made simple /
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London :
Heinemann,
1981.
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| Colección: | Made simple books (Heinemann (Firm))
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Front Cover; Human Biology; Copyright Page; Preface; Acknowledgements; By the same author; Key to Abbreviations and Symbols; Table of Contents; PART 1: PEOPLE AND BIOLOGY; CHAPTER 1. PEOPLE AND OTHER LIVING THINGS; We are Organisms; We are Animals; We are Mammals; We are Primates; Test Questions; CHAPTER 2. THE FIRST PEOPLE; The Fossil Record; Ways in which People are Unique; Test Questions; CHAPTER 3. THE STUDY OF LIFE; The Rise of Science; The Work of Biologists; Keeping a Record; Test Questions; CHAPTER 4. ANYONE ELSE LIKE YOU?; Differences between Races; Differences between the Sexes
- Differences between IndividualsTest Questions; CHAPTER 5. LAWS OF HEREDITY; Parents and Their Offspring; Hybridisation; Interpretation of Results of a Monohybrid Cross; Heritable and Non-heritable Variation; Test Questions; CHAPTER 6. THE CONTINUITY OF LIFE; Some Evidence of Evolution; Selection; Further Evidence of Evolution; Constancy and Change; Test Questions; CHAPTER 7. MICRO-ORGANISMS; The Use of Microscopes; Microscopic Organisms (Micro-organisms); Test Questions; CHAPTER 8. WHAT IS LIFE?; What Living Things are Made of; The Life of a Bacterial Cell
- The Life of Amoeba and ChlamydomonasWhat is Life?; Test Questions; CHAPTER 9. MULTICELLULAR ORGANISMS; The Parts of You; Cell Structure and Function; Technical Terms; Test Questions; CHAPTER 10. CELLS AND TISSUES; Cell Division; Chromosome Structure and Duplication; Control of Activity in the Cell; Differentiation; Test Questions; CHAPTER 11. ENERGY FROM SUNLIGHT; How Scientists Work; The Discovery of Photosynthesis; Ecological Importance of Photosynthesis; Day and Night; The Seasons; Test Questions; CHAPTER 12. SAPROBIONTS; Yeast: a Unicellular Fungus; A Bread Mould: Rhizopus
- The Role of Saprobionts in DecayStudying Micro-organisms; Micro-organisms in Food; Beneficial Micro-organisms; Test Questions; CHAPTER 13. THE INTERDEPENDENCE OF ALL ORGANISMS; Ecological Succession and Soil Formation; The Structure and Properties of Soils; Effects of Cultivation on the Soil; Food Chains and Food Webs; The Interdependence of all Organisms; Test Questions; PART 2: MAN AND WOMAN; CHAPTER 14. FEEDING AND DIGESTION; Your Teeth; Your Alimentary Cana! and Digestion; Digestion, Absorption and Assimilation; Test Questions; CHAPTER 15. PROTECTION, SUPPORT AND MOVEMENT
- Your Skin and its FunctionsYour Skeleton and Skeletal Muscles; Movement and Posture; Test Questions; CHAPTER 16. YOUR LUNGS; Breathing; Respiratory Surfaces; Air Pollution and Health; Smoking or Health; Test Questions; CHAPTER 17. THE USE OF MATERIALS AND ENERGY IN CELLS; Respiration; Metabolism; Your Liver-its Structure and Functions; Excretion; Test Questions; CHAPTER 18. YOUR KIDNEYS; Structure and Functions of your Kidneys; Test Questions; CHAPTER 19. THE CIRCULATION OF YOUR BLOOD; Your Blood Circulatory System; Your Heart; Blood, Tissue Fluid and Lymph; Test Questions