Principles of Human Anatomy 13th Edition takes a comprehensive look at all the body’s systems and their intricate workings. This avails the student an extensive understanding of how the body functions and how one system interacts with another. The entire anatomical structure is examined in great detail, giving the student of anatomy a thorough understanding of the human body.
Principles of Human Anatomy 13th Edition looks at each system that completes the human body:
- Skeletal System
- Muscular System
- Cardiovascular System
- Nervous System
- Digestive System
- Endocrine System
- Respiratory System
- Urinary System
- Lymphatic/Immune System
- Integumentary System
- Female Reproductive System
- Male Reproductive System
In a thorough examination of the skeletal system, each detail is explored. Starting with the head and neck, the skull is broken down into the cranial bones and the facial bones. An example would be how the cranial bones are identified and named. With a total of eight cranial bones: frontal bone, two parietal bones, occipital bone, ethmoid bone, sphenoid bone, two temporal bones, each grouping of bones is clearly identified and its function is denoted. For instance the occipital, ethmoid and sphenoid bones each have hollow areas called paranasal sinuses. This allows for a weight reduction and it enables resonance of the voice when creating sounds, speech, humming and singing.
The cardiovascular system, while it’s spoken of often is basically misunderstood. The Cardiovascular system is divided into several areas, from the head and neck to the heart and chest and from the lower torso to the arm and hand and the leg and foot. The workings of the heart and chest are exposed in great detail. The Heart is broken down into the parts that allow it to operate and keep the body alive: the aorta, the arch of aorta, the Bhrachiocephelic trunk, the interior vena cava, left common carotid artery, left inferior pulmonary vein, the left Subclavian artery, the left Subclavian vein, right superior pulmonary vein and the superior vena cava.
All the systems are life giving and therefore extremely important, but one of the often ignored systems is the lymphatic or immune system. The lymphatic system is composed of many extensions. To list just a few, start with the adenoids or the pharyngeal tonsils in the head and neck, the auxiliary nodes in the upper torso, Cysterna Chyli in the lower torso, the cubital nodes in the arm and hand and the popliteal nodes in the foot and leg.
The human body is very complex and the systems that must be thoroughly understood seem infinitesimal when examined from afar, but upon obtaining a closer look, it becomes obvious that there are a finite number of systems, each with a great deal of detail. To completely understand them, years of study is needed. The beginning of that study starts with Principles of Human Anatomy 13th Edition. As the student progresses in his chosen field of medicine, he can expand on as many anatomical systems as he can comprehend, eventually becoming an expert in that field of study.