This book is designed to enable the student to develop a good understanding and knowledge of the human being, not only as a working body but also as one that interacts with its planet and its fellow occupants. Designed to fulfill the aims and objectives of GCSE and its subject content, this book is suitable for any student of human biology, whether he or she is following a full-time or a part-time course. Open learning students will find it easy to follow because the ideas and themes build upon each other progressively. Lack of previous scientific knowledge will not be a handicap, as new concepts are explained at the time the student needs to know them.

 

This book is part of a book series called Master Series .

This book is aimed at children in secondary school.

There are 432 pages in this book. This book was published 1991 by Palgrave Macmillan .

This book has the following chapters: Part 1 Building blocks: the basic unit of life; observing cells; variety, design and function; cells working together; characteristics of living things. Part 2 Cells at work: movement in and out of cells; the cell and chemical reactions. Part 3 Making new cells: shopping list; the mechanics of cell-making. Part 4 Energy for life: the Sun and the green plant; deforestation; the greenhouse nobody wants; Fossil fuels and dying forests. Part 5 Food for energy: good food - nutrition and energy; from apples to energy; passing on the energy; cycles - carbon and nitrogen; energy and human use. Part 6 Transport: blood; blood vessels; the heart; serving the body; blood groups; rhesus factor; what can go wrong?. Part 7 Breathing and respiration: the breathing system; breathing in and breathing out; Gaseous exchange; inspired and expired air; cellular respiration; take a deep breath; artificial resuscitation and control of breathing; smoking; industrial disease of the lungs. Part 8 Thermostats and waste disposal: the skin; the kidney; formation of urine; kidney failure, dialysis and transplants. Part 9 Support and movement: the human form; the nature and structure of bone; bones, bones and more bones; joints; muscles and how they work; feet; stand up straight. Part 10 Sensing and responding: neurones and nerves; responding quickly; the brain and the body; stressful lives; stimulants and depressants; mental handicap; seeing; hearing; knowing where you are - balance; taste and smell; responding slowly. Part 11 Reproduction: sex isn't easy; the male system; the female system; fertilization and beyond; mother and baby; growth and development; IVF and ET; birth control and contraception; sexually transmitted diseases. Part 12 Sex, blood and ear lobes: variety; setting the scene; cell division with a difference; sex; sickle cell anaemia - a case of the monohybrid inheritance; blood; mistakes; changing, selecting and evolving; using the system - genetic engineering. Part 13 Understanding the good and the bad: what are micro-organisms?; spreading microbes around; the effects of pathogens; food poisoning - cause and prevention; food preservation; we wouldn't be without them; defence and attack. Part 14 Methane, typhoid and rubbish: sewage; water; rubbish, recycling and responsibility. Part 15 Human vs the rest of the world: other inhabitants; identification; living and sharing. Appendix: hypotheses; making a table for results; plotting line graphs; constructing bar charts and histograms; atoms, elements, molecules and compounds; transverse and longitudinal sections.