Front Matter
Unit One Coming To The Correct Diagnosis
Warming-up What to Tell the Doctor
Text A Taking History
Text B Different Kinds of Diagnosis
Unit Two Doing The Right Things in Physical Examination
Warming-up A Medical Student’s Story: Examining an Old Lady
Text A Physical Examination
Text B Preparation of Examination
Unit Three Blood: Liquid And Solids
Warming-up What is Blood Transfusion?
Text A Blood and Its Constituents
Text B Blood Studies
Unit Four Keeping Records And Giving Reports
Warming-up A Nurse’s Story: The Beginning of a Busy Day
Text A Recording and Reporting
Text B Change-of-Shift Report
Unit Five Keeping Your Heart In The Best Condition
Warming-up Cholesterol and Heart Disease
Text A Structure of the Heart
Text B Pulse and Blood Pressure
Unit Six The Kidney’s Working Unit And Functioning
Warming-up When the Kidney Fails
Text A Kidneys and Body Chemistry
Text B Chronic Kidney Disease
Unit Seven The Most Versatile Chemical Laboratory In The Body
Warming-up Blood Test for Confirming a Diagnosis
Text A Liver and Its Diseases
Text B Gallbladder
Unit Eight Essential Facts About Your Stomach
Warming-up Fat Cells, Set Point, and Weight Loss
Text A Stomach and Its Disorders
Text B Peptic Ulcer Disease
Unit Nine The Work and Diseases of The Lungs
Warming-up Bird Flu Virus: Less Deadly But More Dangerous
Text A Lungs and Related Diseases
Text B Spread of Infection along the Respiratory Tract
Unit Ten Taking Great Care of Your Brain
Warming-up What If You Couldn’t
Text A Disorders of the Brain
Text B Headaches
Unit Eleven Meeting The Basic Human Needs (1)
Warming-up Survival in the Desert
Text A Basic Human Needs: Oxygen and Elimination
Text B Urinary Elimination
Unit Twelve Meeting The Basic Human Needs (2)
Warming-up Survival on Snow-Covered Mountains
Text A Basic Human Needs: Fluids, Nutrition, andBody Temperature
Text B Effects of Extreme Heat and Cold
Glossary
