How the Circulatory System Works

by Robert E. Mehler

Overview

This book includes 10 lectures in a light, entertaining style, with each "lecture" building on the previous one - making it easy for the reader to comprehend the vastly complicated functions of the circulatory system.

The length of the text has intentionally been kept short; it is neither exhaustively complete nor over-simplified. It is enriched by details about basic biologic mechanisms and clever ways nature has solved a problem or achieved a result.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780865425484
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	01/05/2001
Series:	How It Works Series
Pages:	96
Product dimensions:	8.42(w) x 10.80(h) x 0.25(d)

About the Author

Robert E. Mehler is the author of How the Circulatory System Works, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

How to Use This Book.

1. An Overview of the Circulatory System.

2. The Heart.

3. The Arteries.

4. The Capillaries.

5. The Veins.

6. The Blood.

7. Special Circulation.

8. Coupling Heart and Vessels.

9. Diseases.

10. Exercise: The Final Kick.

Glossary.

Index

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