This concise book explains the basics of medicine in simple language for biomedical engineering students. The core medical topics covered include terminology, anatomy, histology, and physiology. The book highlights the engineering aspects of basic medicine and conveys the key information biomedical engineers need to know about the human body, avoiding technical medical language. There are many engineering discussions in the book, connecting basic medicine to the key components of biomedical engineering.

This is an essential textbook for all biomedical engineering students and students in other engineering disciplines who require medical knowledge.

Hamidreza Hosseinzadeh is the Program Director of Orthopedic Device Engineering, Rowan-Virtua School of Translational Biomedical Engineering & Sciences, Rowan University, NJ, USA