Essentials of Anatomy and Physiology

523 Table 22–6 DISEASES CAUSED BY PROTOZOA Protozoan Discussion/Disease(s) Caused Entamoeba histolytica Naegleriaspecies Balanti ...

524 An Introduction to Microbiology and Human Disease Table 22–8 ARTHROPOD VECTORS Arthropod Disease (Type of Pathogen)* Mosquit ...

An Introduction to Microbiology and Human Disease 525 Reservoirs—persons with the disease, carriers after recovery, or animal h ...

526 An Introduction to Microbiology and Human Disease REVIEW QUESTIONS Define resident flora, and explain its importance. (p. 5 ...

An Introduction to Microbiology and Human Disease 527 Ms. D has had second thoughts about her eyebrow ring, so she has taken it ...

528 APPENDIX A Units of Measure 23Scanlon(p3) App-A 8/17/06 11:05 AM Page 528 ...

Units of Measure 529 UNITS OF LENGTH mm cm in ft yd M 1 millimeter  1.0 0.1 0.04 0.003 0.001 0.001 1 centimeter  10.0 1.0 0.39 ...

530 APPENDIX B Abbreviations The use of abbreviations for medical and scientific terms is timesaving and often standard practice ...

Abbreviations 531 Hct hematocrit HCV hepatitis C virus HDL high-density lipoprotein HLA human leukocyte antigen HR heart rate HR ...

532 APPENDIX C Normal Values for Some Commonly Used Blood Tests Test Normal Value Clinical Significance of Variations Albumin Bi ...

533 APPENDIX D Normal Values for Some Commonly Used Urine Tests Test Normal Value Clinical Significance of Variations Acetone an ...

534 APPENDIX E Eponymous Terms An eponym is a person for whom something is named, and an eponymous term is a term that uses that ...

535 APPENDIX F Prefixes, Combining Word Roots, and Suffixes Used in Medical Terminology PREFIXES AND COMBINING WORD ROOTS a-, an ...

536 Prefixes, Combining Word Roots, and Suffixes Used in Medical Terminology endo-within (endocardium: the innermost layer of th ...

Prefixes, Combining Word Roots, and Suffixes Used in Medical Terminology 537 post-after (postpartum: after delivery of a baby) p ...

538 Prefixes, Combining Word Roots, and Suffixes Used in Medical Terminology -megalyenlargement (splenomegaly: enlargement of th ...

539 APPENDIX G Answers to Illustration Questions CHAPTER 1 1–1: The circulatory system works directly with the urinary system. N ...

540 Answers to Illustration Questions CHAPTER 4 4–1: Simple squamous epithelium is best for diffusion because it is the thinnest ...

Answers to Illustration Questions 541 tion; potassium ions leave the cell during repo- larization. 7–5: The myosin filaments pul ...

542 Answers to Illustration Questions 9–5: The iris changes the size of the pupil. (A step further: Which set of iris muscles co ...