Main description:

For the one-semester human anatomy laboratory course.

Get the most out of your human anatomy lab

With 30 exercises covering all body systems, a clear, engaging writing style, and full-color illustrations, Human Anatomy Laboratory Manual with Cat Dissections, Eighth Edition provides everything needed for a successful lab experience. This edition features new Visual Summary Tables for presenting complex information, new "Why This Matters" boxes that help relate the lab activity to a real-life or clinical example, new colored Review Sheet art, and new full-color, body movement photos.

Contents:

Preface for the Instructor
A Word to the Student

The Human Body: An Orientation
Exercise 1. The Language of Anatomy
Exercise 2. Organ Systems Overview

The Microscope and Its Uses
Exercise 3. The Microscope

The Cell
Exercise 4. The Cell: Anatomy and Division

Histology: Basic Tissues of the Body
Exercise 5. Classification of Tissues

The Integumentary System

Exercise 6. The Integumentary System

The Skeletal System
Exercise 7. Overview of the Skeleton: Classification and Structure of Bones and Cartilages
Exercise 8. The Axial Skeleton
Exercise 9. The Appendicular Skeleton

Exercise 10. Articulations and Body Movements

The Muscular System
Exercise 11. Microscopic Anatomy and Organization of Skeletal Muscle
Exercise 12. Gross Anatomy of the Muscular System

The Nervous System
Exercise 13. Histology of Nervous Tissue
Exercise 14. Gross Anatomy of the Brain and Cranial Nerves
Exercise 15. The Spinal Cord and Spinal Nerves

Exercise 16. The Autonomic Nervous System

Exercise 17. Special Senses: Anatomy of the Visual System
Exercise 18. Special Senses: Visual Tests and Experiments
Exercise 19. Special Senses: Hearing and Equilibrium

Exercise 20. Special Senses: Olfaction and Taste

The Endocrine System
Exercise 21. Functional Anatomy of the Endocrine Glands

The Circulatory System
Exercise 22. Blood
Exercise 23. Anatomy of the Heart
Exercise 24. Anatomy of Blood Vessels
Exercise 25. The Lymphatic System and Immune Response

The Respiratory System
Exercise 26. Anatomy of the Respiratory System

The Digestive System
Exercise 27. Anatomy of the Digestive System

The Urinary System
Exercise 28. Anatomy of the Urinary System

The Reproductive System
Exercise 29. Anatomy of the Reproductive System

Surface Anatomy
Exercise 30. Surface Anatomy Roundup

Appendix: The Metric System

Credits
Index