Unit 1

Reading A The Human Complex—a Never-failing Source of Wonderment

Reading B Cell proliferation and Differentiation

Vocabulary Expansion

For Your Reference Systems of the Human Body and Their Components

Unit 2

Reading A Body Defense Mechanisms

Reading B Inflammatory Response

Vocabulary Expansion

For Your Reference The Human Body s Three Lines of Defense Against Pathogens

Unit 3

Reading A The Sense of Vision

Reading B Cataracts

Vocabulary Expansion

For Your Reference Common Eye Diseases and Disorders

Unit 4

Reading A Breathing

Reading B Definition and Classification of Pneumonia

Vocabulary Expansion

For Your Reference The Iron Lung

Unit 5

Reading A The Kidney and Its Working Unit

Reading B Diagnosis and Treatment of Kidney Stones

Vocabulary Expansion

Four Your Reference Nephrosis and Uremia

Unit 6

Reading A Stomach and Small Intestine

Reading B Intestinal Obstruction

Vocabulary Expansion

For Your Reference Emotions and Digestion

Unit 7

Reading A The Dangers of High Blood Pressure

Reading B Angina

Vocabulary Expansion

For Your Reference Advances in the Handling of a Heart Blockage

Unit 8

Reading A The Production Power of Hormones

Reading B Acromegaly

Vocabulary Expansion

For Your Reference Giantism and Pituitary Dwarfism

Unit 9

Reading A Low-Back Pain

Reading B Strains and Sprains

Vocabulary Expansion

For Your Reference Names of Movements

Unit 10

Reading A The Changing Nature of Foodborne Disease

Reading B Culture Techniques

Vocabulary Expansion

For Your Reference Ways Microorganisms Are Transmitted

Unit 11

Reading A Cancer Pathogenesis

Reading B Radiation Therapy

Vocabulary Expansion

For Your Reference Leading Sites of Cancer Incidence and Deaths in the U.S.

Unit 12

Reading A Vitamins: Issues and Answers

Reading B Celiac Sprue

Vocabulary Expansion

For Your Reference Vitamins Essential to Humans

Unit 13

Reading A The Pleasure and Pitfalls of Sexuality

Reading B Gonorrhea

Vocabulary Expansion

For Your Reference Common Sexually Transmitted Diseases

Unit 14

Reading A Sorting Out the Information

Reading B Drug Therapy in the Older Adult

Vocabulary Expansion

For Your Reference Major Drug Groups

Unit 15

Reading A Genetic Screening

Reading B Types of Genetic Disorder

Vocabulary Expansion

For Your Reference Human Genetic Disorders and Their Main Consequences

Unit 16

Reading A How to Build a Body Part

Listen and Respond Artificial Blood: Engineered Elixir

Reading B Clinical Organ Preservation

Vocabulary Expansion

For Your Reference Alexis Carrel—a Pioneer in Organ Transplantation