Research Guides: Human Anatomy and Physiology: Books and Journals

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Anatomies: A Cultural History of the Human Body
Call Number: QP38 .A36 2014
Location: Second Floor Stacks
An eye-opening, spine-tingling, heartwarming tour through the extraordinary history and secrets of the human body.
Fundamentals of Anatomy
Call Number: QM23.2 .M34 2012
Location: Second Floor Stacks
Human anatomy and physiology laboratory manual.
Human Anatomy
Call Number: QM23.2 .M348 2014
Location: Second Floor Stacks
Widely regarded as the most readable and visually accessible book on the market, with its reader-friendly narrative, easy-to-use media and assessment tools, new and updated Focus Figures and new in-text media references.
Mathematical Physiology
Call Number: QP33.6.M36 K44 2009
Location: Second Floor Stacks
Divided into two volumes, the book begins with a pedagogical presentation of some of the basic theory. The second, more extensive part discusses particular physiological systems.
Physics of the Human Body
Call Number: QP34.5 .M3564 2010
Location: Second Floor Stacks
This book explains how basic concepts of physics apply to the fundamental activities and responses of the human body

Netter's Essential Physiology
Logically written and highly readable, it's ideal for a basic understanding of physiology, as an overview of the subject, or as a supplement to lectures.
Survival Guide for Anatomy and Physiology
Tips, techniques, and shortcuts for learning about the structure and function of the human body with style, ease, and good humor.
Understanding Anatomy and Physiology: A Visual, Auditory, Interactive Approach
Each unique page spread provides an entire unit of understanding, breaking down complex concepts about the body, its systems and their functions, into easy-to-grasp sections.
USMLE Road Map: Physiology
Presents a concise and focused examination of the essential concepts in physiology.
The Visual Guide to Understanding the Human Body : The Human Body
Accurate, detailed visual information is all defined in lay language to make it readily accessible to the non-expert. Definitions to scientific terms are given either in the explanation itself, or in the comprehensive glossary.

The Anatomical Record: Advances in Integrative Anatomy and Evolutionary Biology
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Official publication of the American Association of Anatomists.
Anatomical Science International
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Publishes original research articles on molecular, cellular, histological and gross anatomical studies on humans.
Anatomy Research International
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Publishes original research articles, review articles, and clinical studies in all areas of basic and clinical anatomy.
Annals of Anatomy (Anatomishner Anzeiger)
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Official journal of the Anatomical Society of Germany.
Clinical Anatomy
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Official journal of the American Association of Clinical Anatomists and the British Association of Clinical Anatomists.
International Journal of Anatomy & Applied Physiology
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Peer-reviewed, open access journal that publishes original research articles, review articles, and clinical studies in all areas of academic and clinical anatomy, as well as the entire scope of physiology.
Journal of Anatomy
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Covers all aspects of normal human and comparative anatomy including applied anatomy, physical anthropology, neurology, endocrinology, and embryology.
Surgical and Radiologic Anatomy
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Features original papers, review articles, articles on the anatomical bases of medical, surgical and radiological techniques, articles of normal radiologic anatomy, and brief reviews of anatomical publications of clinical interest.
Translational Research in Anatomy
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International peer-reviewed and open access journal that publishes high-quality original papers focusing on all aspects of anatomy, especially those that have application to other scientific disciplines.

Acta Physiologica
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Publishes original research related to the field of physiology.
American Journal of Physiology: Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology
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Full text embargo: 1 year from latest publication date
Publishes original investigations that illuminate normal or abnormal regulation and integration of physiological mechanisms at all levels of biological organization, ranging from molecules to humans.
BMC Physiology
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Open access, peer-reviewed journal that considers articles on cellular, tissue-level, organismal, functional, and developmental aspects of physiological processes..
Experimental Physiology
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Publishes high quality, original, physiological research papers that give novel insights into fundamental homeostatic and adaptive responses in health.
Frontiers in Physiology
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Investigates the function of all living systems and publishes articles that cover this diverse subject from the subcellular and molecular domain to the intact organism and its interaction with the environment.
Journal of Applied Physiology
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Publishes research in applied physiology, with an emphasis on adaptive and integrative mechanisms.
Physiological Reports
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Online only, open access journal that publishes peer reviewed research across all areas of basic, translational, and clinical physiology and allied disciplines

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