"Stuart Fox, Ph.D., wrote the first edition (published 1983) to help students understand the concepts of human physiology, and this objective has remained the guiding principle through all of the subsequent editions. All editions have been lauded for their readability, the currency of the information, and the clarity of the presentation. The fifteenth edition continues this tradition by presenting human physiology in the most current, readable, and student-oriented way possible. This milestone edition is marked by a unique cover, the addition of a Digital Author, a new art program, and the updating of terminology and content. It takes a village! To create this landmark fifteenth edition, Stuart had the support of Krista Rompolski as the Digital Author and a superb team at McGraw-Hill Education and MPS Limited. This team includes Michael Ivanov, Fran Simon, Andrea Eboh, Kelly Hart, Jessica Portz, Christina Nelson, Joan Weber, Angela FitzPatrick, Amy Reed, Jim Connely, Kristine Rellihan, Matt Backhaus, and Lori Hancock. We are all incredibly grateful to the many reviewers who provided their time and expertise to critically examine individual chapters and be Board of Advisor partners. These"--
This edition introduces a major reorganisation of the early chapters to provide the best foundation for the course and new art features that streamline review and essential topics so that students can access them more easily on an as-needed ...
The new edition has been significantly revised to include an expanded problem section at the end of each chapter with more quantitative examples and some clinical problems where appropriate.
Putting all the facts together, a finch, or any other species, may have DNA errors in the reproductive processes. This may cause some simple point mutations. As in the example described above, the DNA codon AAA may mutate to AAC.
This book first appeared in English in 1983, as a translation of the 20th Edition of the long-established German textbook Physi%gie des Menschen.
Anatomy and Physiology
Hearing is a complex physiological process that can be disrupted in a variety of different ways. Broadly, hearing deficits are classified as conductive deafness, sensorineural deafness, and central deafness according to the site of the ...
This book explores how component behavior produces system behavior in physiological systems.
Human Physiology
The Number 1 book in its field. Provides an in-depth introduction to the function of human body systems for students majoring in the biological/life/allied health sciences. Includes extensive coverage of...
Human Physiology