Includes index.

Part 1. From Molecules to Humankind. 1. Life in the Balance: Human Health, Homeostasis, Evolution, Science, and Critical Thinking -- 2. The Chemistry of Life -- 3. The Life of the Cell -- Part 2. Structure and Function of the Human Body. 4. Principles of Structure and Function -- 5. The Circulatory System -- 6. The Blood -- 7. Nutrition and Digestion -- 8. The Vital Exchange: Respiration -- 9. The Urinary System: Ridding the Body of Wates and Maintaining Homeostasis -- 10. The Skeleton and Muscles -- 11. The Nervous System -- 12. The Senses -- 13. The Endocrine System -- Part 3. Immunity and Infectious Disease. 14. The Immune System -- 15. Human Infectious Disease -- Part 4. Heredity and Reproduction. 16. Chromosomes, Cell Division, and Cell Cycle -- 17. Principles of Human Heredity -- 18. How Genes Work and How Genes Are Controlled -- 19. Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology -- 20. Cancer -- Part 5. Human Reproduction and Development. 21. Human Reproduction -- 22. Human Development and Aging -- Part 6. Evolution and Ecology. 23. Evolution -- 24. Ecology and the Environment.

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