Essentials of IP offers content from the award-winning Interactive Physiology series. All of the activities on this CD-ROM have been carefully reviewed for the one-semester Anatomy & Physiology course. Since 1995 students have been using the award-winning Interactive Physiology series to help them succeed. Now, using Essentials of IP, you can also use this great software to help you earn a better grade, too! Detailed animations in Essentials of IP bring physiological concepts to life, allowing you to understand them, rather than just memorizing them. Fun, interactive quizzes test your knowledge of the material you have learned.
Essentials of IP covers ten major topic areas:
Muscular System (Author: Marvin J. Branstrom)
Anatomy Review: Skeletal Muscle Tissue
The Neuromuscular Junction
Sliding Filament Theory
Muscle Metabolism
Contraction of Whole Muscle
Nervous System (Author: Susan J. Mitchell)
Anatomy Review: The Neuron: The Action Potential
The Membrane Potential
Anatomy Review: Synaptic Potentials and Neurotransmitters
Synaptic Transmission
Cardiovascular System (Authors: Elaine N. Marieb, Marvin J. Branstrom)
Anatomy Review: The Heart
Intrinsic Conduction System
Cardiac Action Potential
Cardiac Cycle
Cardiac Output
Anatomy Review: Blood Vessel Structure and Function
Measuring Blood Pressure
Factors That Affect Blood Pressure
Respiratory System (Author: Andrea K. Salmi)
Anatomy Review: Respiratory Structures
Pulmonary Ventilation
Gas Exchange
Gas Transport
Urinary System (Author: Marvin J. Branstrom)
Anatomy Review
Glomerular Filtration
Fluids, Electrolytes, and Acid/Base Balance (Authors: Martha DePecol Sanner, Christine Hooper)
Introduction to Body Fluids
Water Homeostasis
Acid/Base Homeostasis
Endocrine System (Author: Susan J. Mitchell)
Orientation
Endocrine System Review
Biochemistry, Secretion, and Transport of Hormones
The Actions of Hormones on Target Cells
The Hypothalamic-Pituitary Axis
Response to Stress
Digestive System (Author: Susan J. Mitchell)
Orientation
Anatomy Review
Motility
Secretion
Digestion and Absorption
Immune System (Authors: Katja Hoehn, Lawrence W. Haynes, B.A. Buxton)
Immune System Overview
Anatomy Review
Innate Host Defenses
Common Characteristics of B and T Lymphocytes
Humoral Immunity