Cardiovascular care made incredibly visual!1582556369 Cardiovascular care made incredibly visual! Lippincott Williams & Wilkins 2007 234 pages $39.95 Hardcover RC674 This visual approach to teaching the anatomy anatomy (ənăt`əmē), branch of biology concerned with the study of body structure of various organisms, including humans. Comparative anatomy is concerned with the structural differences of plant and animal forms. , functioning, testing, risk factors for, and treatment of common conditions of the cardiovascular system cardiovascular system: see circulatory system. cardiovascular system System of vessels that convey blood to and from tissues throughout the body, bringing nutrients and oxygen and removing wastes and carbon dioxide. includes color cartoons, diagrams, and patient photos with succinct suc·cinct adj. suc·cinct·er, suc·cinct·est 1. Characterized by clear, precise expression in few words; concise and terse: a succinct reply; a succinct style. 2. comments. The chapter-end quizzes are pictorial in nature also. A description of the location of the heart exemplifies the type of humor humor, according to ancient theory, any of four bodily fluids that determined man's health and temperament. Hippocrates postulated that an imbalance among the humors (blood, phlegm, black bile, and yellow bile) resulted in pain and disease, and that good health was employed: "Sure I lean to the left, but I'm really politically neutral." Contributors and consultants are nursing school faculty and practitioners. ([c]20062005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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