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Medical and Biological Terminologies: Classical Origins

by: Scarborough, J.

Price: 29,00 EURO

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Category: Ancient Medicine
Code: 21627
ISBN-13: 9780806130293 / 978-0-8061-3029-3
ISBN-10: 0806130296 / 0-8061-3029-6
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Publication Date: 1998
Publication Place: Norman
Binding: Paper
Pages: 320
Book Condition: New
Comments: Oklahoma Series in Classical Culture Series

Medical and biological terminologies : classical origins

Author:John Scarborough

Series:
Oklahoma series in classical culture, vol. 13

ix, 303 pages ; 23 cm


Summary:The often opaque vocabulary of the medical and biological sciences can be a barrier to students. Beginning with a discussion of why jargons are common and necessary, the author proceeds through botany and invertebrate zoology to suggest how living things are classified and related to one another.

Contents:
Preface
Abbreviations
Botany
Invertebrates: Protozoa to molluscs
Arthropods
Bones
Nerves
Muscles
Breathing and how it works
Eating, digestion, elimination
Sex
Vascular matters: heart and blood, "the liquids of life"
some more fluids: the endocrine glands, hormones, and lymph
The human context: sight, sound, voice, and touch
Appendices
Bibliography
Index

 
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