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TEST BANK FOR PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN ANATOMY, 15TH EDITION BY BRYAN DERRICKSON & GERALD J. TORTORA LATEST UPDATE A+

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Test Bank -
Principles of Anatomy and Physiology, 15th Edition, by Bryan Derrickson, Gerald




TEST BANK FOR PRINCIPLES OF HUMAN ANATOMY,
15TH EDITION BY BRYAN DERRICKSON & GERALD J.
TORTORA LATEST UPDATE A+




TEST BANK
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, Test Bank -
Principles of Anatomy and Physiology, 15th Edition, by Bryan Derrickson, Gerald



Table of Contents

1 AN INTRODUCTION TO THE HUMAN BODY 1

1.1 ANATOMY DEFINED 2

1.2 LEVELS OF BODY ORGANIZATION AND BODY SYSTEMS 3

1.3 LIFE PROCESSES 8

1.4 BASIC ANATOMICAL TERMINOLOGY 9

1.5 BODY CAVITIES 14

1.6 ABDOMINOPELVIC REGIONS AND QUADRANTS 18

1.7 THE HUMAN BODY AND DISEASE 20

1.8 AGING 20

1.9 MEDICAL IMAGING 21

1.10 MEASURING THE HUMAN BODY 24

CHAPTER REVIEW 25 / CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS 26 / ANSWERS TO FIGURE
QUESTIONS 26

2 CELLS 27

2.1 A GENERALIZED CELL 28

2.2 THE PLASMA MEMBRANE 29

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Principles of Anatomy and Physiology, 15th Edition, by Bryan Derrickson, Gerald
2.3 CYTOPLASM 35

2.4 NUCLEUS 44

2.5 CELL DIVISION 47

2.6 CELLULAR DIVERSITY 54

2.7 AGING AND CELLS 56

KEY MEDICAL TERMS ASSOCIATED WITH CELLS 57 / CHAPTER REVIEW 58 / CRITICAL
THINKING QUESTIONS 60 / ANSWERS TO FIGURE QUESTIONS 60

3 TISSUES 61

3.1 TYPES OF TISSUES 62

3.2 CELL JUNCTIONS 63

3.3 COMPARISON BETWEEN EPITHELIAL AND CONNECTIVE TISSUES 64

3.4 EPITHELIAL TISSUE 65

3.5 CONNECTIVE TISSUE 77

3.6 MEMBRANES 90

3.7 MUSCULAR TISSUE 92

3.8 NERVOUS TISSUE 92

3.9 AGING AND TISSUES 94

KEY MEDICAL TERMS ASSOCIATED WITH TISSUES 95 / CHAPTER REVIEW 95 / CRITICAL
THINKING QUESTIONS 97 / ANSWERS TO FIGURE QUESTIONS 97

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Principles of Anatomy and Physiology, 15th Edition, by Bryan Derrickson, Gerald
4 DEVELOPMENT 98

4.1 PRINCIPLES OF DEVELOPMENT 99

4.2 EMBRYONIC PERIOD 100

4.3 FETAL PERIOD 117

4.4 MATERNAL CHANGES DURING PREGNANCY 120

4.5 LABOR 120

KEY MEDICAL TERMS ASSOCIATED WITH DEVELOPMENT 122 / CHAPTER REVIEW 123 /
CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS 124 / ANSWERS TO FIGURE QUESTIONS 124

5 THE INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM 125

5.1 STRUCTURE OF THE SKIN 126

5.2 ACCESSORY STRUCTURES OF THE SKIN 134

5.3 TYPES OF SKIN 143

5.4 FUNCTIONS OF THE SKIN 143

5.5 DEVELOPMENT OF THE INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM 146

5.6 AGING AND THE INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM 146

KEY MEDICAL TERMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM 148 / CHAPTER
REVIEW 149 / CRITICAL THINKING QUESTIONS 150 / ANSWERS TO FIGURE QUESTIONS
151

6 BONE TISSUE 152

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