Introduction 1

Chapter 1: Focusing on the Framework of Anatomy and Physiology 5

Chapter 2: Examining Cell Biology Basics 23

Chapter 3: Scoping Out the Body’s Structural Layers 41

Chapter 4: Getting to the Heart of the Circulatory System 65

Chapter 5: Taking a Deep Breath with the Respiratory System 85

Chapter 6: Getting on Track with the Digestive System 97

Chapter 7: Passing through the Urinary System 111

Chapter 8: Making Babies: The Reproductive System 125

Chapter 9: Exploring the Nervous, Endocrine, and Immune Systems 143

Chapter 10: Ten Phabulous Physiology Phacts 161

Index 167