TY - BOOK AU - Chiras,Daniel D. TI - Human biology: health, homeostasis, and the environment SN - 0763718807 (pbk.) AV - QP36 .C4 2002 PY - 2002/// CY - Boston PB - Jones and Bartlett KW - Physiology KW - Biología-Fisiología KW - Biología humana KW - Biology KW - Human biology N1 - Incluye índice; From molecules sot humankind: Life in the balance, an introduction to human biology; Chemistry of life; Life of the cell -- Human organism, structure and function of the human body: Principles of structure and function; Nutrition and digestion; Circulatory system; Blood; Immune system Vital exchange, respiration; Urinary system, ridding the body of wastes and maintaining homeostasis; Nervous system, integration, coordination, and control; Senses; Skeleton and muscles; Endocrine system -- Heredity and reproduction: Chromosomes, cell division, and cancer; Principles of human heredity; Molecular genetics, how genes work and how genes are controlled; Genetic engineering and biotechnology, science, ethics, and society; Human reproduction; Human development and aging -- Evolution and ecology: Evolution, five billion years of change; Tracing our roots, the story of human evolution; Principles of ecology, understanding the economy of nature; Environmental issues, population, pollution, and resources -- Glossary ER -