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Getting to Know Your Cells

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Authors:
  1. Leslie Saucedo

    1. Biology Department, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, USA

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  • Serves as a fascinating field guide that shows the distinctive, highly specialized cell types found in humans
  • Provides a basic understanding of how cells work normally and how diseases and conditions manifest at a cellular level
  • Can be used alongside textbooks in cell and molecular science courses at the high school and college level

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Introduction

    • Leslie Saucedo
    Pages 1-5

  3. Red Blood Cells

    • Leslie Saucedo
    Pages 7-12

  4. Stem Cells

    • Leslie Saucedo
    Pages 13-18

  5. Epithelial Cells

    • Leslie Saucedo
    Pages 19-24

  6. Hepatocytes

    • Leslie Saucedo
    Pages 25-30

  7. Fibroblast Cells

    • Leslie Saucedo
    Pages 31-36

  8. Neurons

    • Leslie Saucedo
    Pages 37-42

  9. Muscle

    • Leslie Saucedo
    Pages 43-47

  10. Endocrine Cells

    • Leslie Saucedo
    Pages 49-54

  11. White Blood Cells

    • Leslie Saucedo
    Pages 55-60

  12. Oocytes

    • Leslie Saucedo
    Pages 61-65

  13. Sperm

    • Leslie Saucedo
    Pages 67-71

  14. The Immune System

    • Leslie Saucedo
    Pages 73-77

  15. Cancer

    • Leslie Saucedo
    Pages 79-84

  16. Conclusion

    • Leslie Saucedo
    Pages 85-86

  17. Back Matter

    Pages 87-97
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About this book

This book acts as a field-guide for human cells. The book’s unique structure first separates cells by what makes them distinctive, and then examines the essential “tools and parts” needed for both the cells’ specialized function, and also the basic mechanisms that are shared with most other cells. The chapters highlight interactions between multiple cell types, exploring areas such as immunology and cancer to exemplify the complex coordination of cells, as well as the manipulation of normal cell interactions.  

This book works as a companion reference for an academic text in cell and molecular science, and will be of general interest to anyone who wants to learn more about how cells work and interact.  

Authors and Affiliations

  • Biology Department, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, USA

    Leslie Saucedo

About the author

Dr. Leslie Saucedo is a Professor of Biology at the University of Puget Sound in Tacoma, WA. 

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Getting to Know Your Cells

  • Authors: Leslie Saucedo

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-30146-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-30145-2Published: 21 June 2023

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-30146-9Published: 20 June 2023

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 97

  • Number of Illustrations: 17 b/w illustrations, 5 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Anatomy, Cell Biology, Biomechanics, Cell Biology, Cell Biology, Biomechanics

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