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Introduction to Health Science
Changing Jobs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 658
Maintaining Your Career Portfolio . . . . . . . . . . . . 659
HOSA Connections. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 660
Chapter 18 Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 662
Chapter 19
Fundamental Skills in
Biotechnology Research
and Development . . . . . . . . . . . . 666
Scientific Communication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 668
Scientific Reading. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 669
Scientific Writing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 672
Information Technology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676
Electronic Health Records:
Personal Health Records. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 676
Biotechnology Research and
Development Applications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 677
Medical Math. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 681
Analyzing Research Results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 682
Interpreting Statistical Data. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 683
Chapter 19 Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 690
Chapter 20
Professional Knowledge
in Biotechnology Research
and Development . . . . . . . . . . . . 694
Systems Theory in Medical Research. . . . . 696
The Politics of Medical Research . . . . . . . . . . . . 697
Government Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 697
Funding Biotechnology Research. . . . . . . . . . . . 700
Issues in Biotechnology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 702
Legal and Ethical Issues in Biotechnology. . 704
Genetic Testing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 704
Genetic Discrimination . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 705
Genetic Engineering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 706
Reproductive Cloning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707
Stem Cell Research. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 707
Equity and Diversity in Medical Research . . . . . 709
Test Reliability and Validity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 710
Health and Safety Issues
in the Research Environment . . . . . . . . . . . 711
Lab Safety. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 711
Bioterrorism. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 714
Chapter 20 Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 716
Chapter 21
Academic Knowledge:
Body Systems for Regulation
and Communication. . . . . . . . . . 720
Study Skills for Health Science
Students: Active Learning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 722
Time Management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 722
Good Study Habits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723
Self-Advocacy. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723
Test Preparation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 723
Body Systems for Regulation
and Communication. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 724
The Nervous System . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 724
The Neuron . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 725
The Central Nervous System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 726
The Peripheral Nervous System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 735
The Special Senses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 743
Touch. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 743
Taste . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 744
Smell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 745
Hearing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 746
Vision. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 752
The Endocrine System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 755
The Use of Hormones for Communication . . . . . 755
Connection to the Nervous System. . . . . . . . . . . 758
Functions of Endocrine Glands. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 759
Chapter 21 Review. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 762
Photo Credits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 766
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 768
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 788