Fundamentals of Anatomy and Physiology for Nurwsing and Healthcare Students is a succinct but complete over view of the structure and function of the human body, with clinical applications throughout. Designed specifically for nursing and healthcare students, the new edition of this best-selling textbook provides a user-friendly, straightforward, jargon-free introduction to the subject. Clinical considerations and scenarios throughout, showing how the material can be applied to daily practice. Over 300 superb full colour illustrations. Now includes a boxed feature throughout on medicines management, providing information concerning a variety of medicines used in the care and management of people that are related to the body system of the chapter. The 'Conditions' feature within each chapter provides you with a list of disorders that are associated with the topics discussed, helping relate theory to practice. Each chapter includes learning outcomes, test your knowledge, scenarios, activities sections and summaries. Supported by enhanced online resources with fantastic extras for both lecturers and students. Ian Peate is Editor-in-Chief of the British Journal of Nursing, and Head of the School of Health Studies, Gibraltar. Muralitharan Nair is an independent nursing consultant in the UK. --Book Jacket.

Basic scientific principles of physiology / --Cells, cellular compartments, transport systems, fluid movement between compartments / -- Genetics / -- Tissue / -- The skeletal system / -- The muscular system / -- Circulatory system / -- The cardiac system / -- The digestive system / -- The renal system / -- The respiratory system / -- The reproductive systems / -- The nervous system / -- The senses / -- The endocrine system / -- The immune system / -- The skin / Ian Peate. Basic scientific principles of physiology -- Cells, cellular compartments, transport systems, fluid movement between compartments -- Genetics -- Tissue -- The skeletal system -- The muscular system -- Circulatory system -- The cardiac system -- The digestive system -- The renal system -- The respiratory system -- The reproductive systems -- The nervous system -- The senses -- The endocrine system -- The immune system -- The skin.