Cell Biology and Chemistry for Allied Health Science
Edition: 6
Copyright: 2004
Pages: 432
Edition: 6
Copyright: 2004
Pages: 432
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Cell Biology and Chemistry for Allied Health Science, Sixth Edition, by Frederick C. Ross, is designed to provide the science background in chemical and biological principles that is a prerequisite to anatomy and physiology courses. Your students will find that Cell Biology and Chemistry for Allied Health Science is written in a manner that is helpful and interesting. Each chapter is subdivided into topics and headings. These subdivisions are intended to be logical segments chosen to make learning more manageable.
This new edition contains:
- Added information on inductive and deductive reasoning
- New section on communication in the field of science
- Updated information on the Recommended Childhood Immunization Schedule
- Added information on blood pressure
- Added information on English, metric and SI measurement systems
- Section on acellular infectious particles including viruses, viroids and prions
- New information on stem cells: hematopoietic and embryonic
New sections on Biotechnology, Bioengineering, and Gene Therapy
Preface
Chapter 1: Science and Life
1.1 The Role of Science in Health Careers
1.2 Science and the Scientific Method
Observation
Questioning and Exploration
The Formation and Testing of Hypotheses
Theories and Laws
Critical Thinking and Reasoning
Med-Point 1.1 Clinical Pharmacology
Communication
1.3 Science, Nonscience, and Pseudoscience: Fundamental Attitudes in Science
1.4 From Discovery to Application
Box 1.1 Edward Jenner and the Control of Smallpox
Science and Nonscience
Pseudoscience
Limitations of Science
1.5 Characteristics of Life
Med-Point 1.2 Surface Area and Drug Absorption
1.6 The Classification of Living Things
Summary
Glossary
Review Questions
Self-Assessment
Chapter 2: The Basics of Life: Chemistry
2.1 The Structure and Function of Living Things
2.2 Energy and Life
2.3 What Is the Nature of Matter?
Atoms and Molecules
Box 2.1 How Science Works: Periodic Table of Elements
States of Matter
Med-Point 2.1 Bismuth, Bowels, and Bugs
2.4 Structure of the Atom
Radioactivity
Locating Electrons
Med-Point 2.2 The Energy of Nuclear Medicine
2.5 Chemical Change
Ions and Ionic Bonds
Covalent Bonds
Med-Point 2.3 Halogens and the Control of Infectious Agents
2.6 Water: The Essence of Life
Mixtures and Solutions
Box 2.2 Water and Life
2.7 Chemical Reactions
Chemical Change
Med-Point 2.4 Concentration of Solutions
Oxidation-Reduction Reactions
Combination Reactions
Decomposition Reactions
Replacement Reactions
Ion Exchange Reactions
Med-Point 2.5 Ion Trapping and Medications
2.8 Acids, Bases, and Salts
Buffers
Summary
Glossary
Review Questions
Self-Assessment
Chapter 3: Energy and Action
3.1 Energy
First and Second Laws of Thermodynamics
Energy as Waves
Box 3.1 Measuring Systems
Med-Point 3.1 Ultraviolet Radiation and Your Skin
Med-Point 3.2 Heart Sounds
Energy Transmission
Heat, Temperature, and Energy
Box 3.2 Thermometer Scales
Keeping the Human Body Warm
Cooling the Human Body
Med-Point 3.3 Autoclaving
Pressure
3.2 Electricity in Life
3.3 Force and Specific Gravity
Summary
Glossary
Review Questions
Self-Assessment
Chapter 4: Organic Chemistry? The Chemistry of Life
4.1 Molecules Containing Carbon
4.2 Carbon?The Central Atom
Med-Point 4.1 The Good Ol' Standby, Aspirin
Box 4.1 Chemical Shorthand
4.3 Carbon Skeleton and Functional Groups
Med-Point 4.2 Glutaraldehyde and Sterilization
4.4 Organic Compounds of Life
Med-Point 4.3 Generic Drugs and Mirror Image Isomers
Carbohydrates
Med-Point 4.4 The Glycemic Index
Proteins
Box 4.2 Structure of Amino Acids
Nucleic Acids
Lipids
True (Neutral) Fats
Phospholipids
Steroids
Box 4.3 Fat and Your Diet
Summary
Med-Point 4.5 Anabolic Steroids
Glossary
Review Questions
Self-Assessment
Chapter 5: The Basic Unit of Life: The Cell
5.1 The Cell Theory
Box 5.1 The Microscope
5.2 Cell Membranes
Med-Point 5.1 Calcium Channels and Blocking Drugs
Med-Point 5.2 Casual Contact, Catching AIDS/HIV, and Cell Receptor Sites
5.3 Getting through Membranes
Diffusion
Dialysis and Osmosis
Controlled Methods of Transporting Molecules
Signal Transduction
Cell Size
5.4 Cell-to-Cell Interactions
5.5 Organelles Composed of Membranes
The Endoplasmic Reticulum
The Golgi Apparatus
Med-Point 5.3 Defending Against Diseases: Oxygen, Macrophages, and Man
The Nuclear Membrane
Energy Converters
5.6 Nonmembranous Organelles
Ribosomes
Microtubules, Microfilaments, and Intermediate Filaments
Centrioles
Cilia and Flagella: Eukaryotic