Includes bibliographical references and index.

The human body : an orientation -- Cells : the living units -- Basic embryology -- Tissues -- The integumentary system -- Bones and skeletal tissues -- Bones, part 1 : the axial skeleton -- Bones, part 2 : the appendicular skeleton -- Joints -- Skeletal muscle tissue -- Muscles of the body -- Fundamentals of the nervous system and nervous tissue -- The central nervous system -- The peripheral nervous system -- The autonomic nervous system and visceral sensory neurons -- The special senses -- The endocrine system -- Blood -- The heart -- Blood vessels -- The lymphatic and immune systems -- The respiratory system -- The digestive system -- The urinary system -- The reproductive system.