THE
HUMAN BIOLOGY
SONG BOOK
Lynnette Ferguson
© Lynnette A. Ferguson
First published 1994.
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National Library of Australia Cataloguing-in-Publication Data
Ferguson, Lynnette
The Human Biology Songbook
ISBN 0 646 10637 6
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Contents
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS..............................................4
FOREWORD.....................................................................4
PREFACE............................................................................5
DIFFUSION AND OSMOSIS........................................6
NUTRITION...............................................................,.....8
ENZYMES.........................................................................10
CIRCULATORY SYSTEM.............................................11
GAS EXCHANGE..........................................................12
GAS TRANSPORT..........................................................14
MITOSIS...........................................................................15
CELL STRUCTURE.......................................................16
THE ENERGY CYCLE - ADP - ATP...........................17
MEIOSIS - OOGENESIS/SPERMATOGENISIS.......18
FERTILISATION AND PREGNANCY....................20
REPRODUCTIVE HORMONES.................................22
EMBRYONIC AND FOETAL DEVELOPMENT.....23
MICROSCOPIC STRUCTURE OF BONE...............24
MUSCLES.........................................................................25
PRIMATES........................................................................26
NEGATIVE FEEDBACK...................................................
AND TEMPERATURE REGULATION......................28
HOMEOSTATIC RESPONSES TO EXERCISE........30
PROTECTION FROM INFECTION.........................32
IMMUNITY......................................................................33
HORMONES - THYROID CONTROL.....................34
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