Designed for an introductory, one-semester course, the scope, organization, writing style, depth of presentation, and pedagogical aspects of this text have been tailored to meet the needs of students preparing for a career in allied health. This text does not assume any prior science knowledge on the part of the student and effectively presents students with the fundamentals of anatomy and physiology. It's the only one-semester text available with a built-in study guide/workbook. A hallmark feature of this text is the author’s presentation of A&P concepts that are accurate, but presented at a level that is appropriate for virtually all students. The new author team highlights the relationships between structure and function of body parts and the mechanisms of homeostasis. In addition, interrelationships of the organ systems are noted where appropriate and useful. Without the excessive detail of some of the longer A & P texts, students can better comprehend key critical concepts in each important area of study. Users who purchase Connect Plus receive access to the full online ebook version of the textbook.
Get some extra help mastering core terms, concepts and processes related to the anatomy and physiology of the human body with this comprehensive study aid! Study Guide for Anatomy & Physiology, 9th Edition provides a variety of chapter activities and questions — including crossword puzzles, word scrambles, and questions in the multiple choice, true or false, labeling, matching, and application formats — to help you apply concepts and test your A&P knowledge. - More than 1,200 review questions cover multiple choice, matching, true-false, fill-in-the-blank, and completion formats. - Mind tester activities include crossword puzzles, word scrambles, and more to make the process of learning basic anatomy and physiology more engaging. - Apply What You Know sections encourage critical thinking and application of core content. - Did You Know sections cover factual tidbits that will interest users. - Topics for review tell the reader what to review in the textbook prior to beginning the exercises in the study guide. - Answer key containing all the answers to study guide questions is located in the back of the guide. - NEW! Modified chapter structure reflects the new organization of chapters in the Patton 9th Edition main text.
"Human anatomy and physiology is a fascinating subject. However, students can be overwhelmed by the complexity, the interrelatedness of concepts from different chapters, and the massive amount of material in the course. Our goal was to create a textbook to guide students on a clearly written and expertly illustrated beginner's path through the human body. An Integrative Approach One of the most daunting challenges that students face in mastering concepts in an anatomy and physiology course is integrating related content from numerous chapters. Understanding a topic like blood pressure, for example, requires knowledge from the chapters on the heart, blood vessels, kidneys, and how these structures are regulated by the nervous and endocrine systems. The usefulness of a human anatomy and physiology text is dependent in part on how successfully it helps students integrate these related concepts. Without this, students are only acquiring what seems like unrelated facts without seeing how they fit into the whole. To adequately explain such complex concepts to beginning students in our own classrooms, we as teachers present multiple topics over the course of many class periods, all the while balancing these detailed explanations with refreshers of content previously covered and intermittent glimpses of the big picture. Doing so ensures that students learn not only the individual pieces, but also how the pieces ultimately fit together. This book represents our best effort to replicate this teaching process. In fact, it is the effective integration of concepts throughout the text that makes this book truly unique from other undergraduate anatomy and physiology texts"--
This manual presents the fundamentals of human anatomy and physiology in an easy-to-read manner that is appropriate for allied health students. Designed especially for a one-semester course, the Essentials Version features a concise writing style, 37 self-directing exercises, full-color photomicrographs in the Histology Atlas, and numerous illustrations in each exercise.
How do you learn A&P best? Whatever your learning style…by reading, listening, or doing, or a little bit of each…the 3rd Edition of this new approach to anatomy & physiology is designed just for you. Tackle a tough subject in bite-sized pieces. A seemingly huge volume of information is organized into manageable sections to make complex concepts easy to understand and remember. You begin with an overview of the body, including its chemical and cellular structures, then progress to one-of-a-kind portrayals of each body system, grouped by function. Full-color illustrations, figures, sidebars, helpful hints, and easy-to-read descriptions make information crystal clear. Each unique page spread provides an entire unit of understanding, breaking down complex concepts into easy-to-grasp sections for today’s learner.
Master the most challenging issues in the ever-expanding field of Anatomy & Physiology with the innovative eBook edition of this industry-leading text. Fundamentals of Anatomy & Physiology, 11th edition, Global edition, by Martini, Nath, and Bartholomew, is a textbook written by a team of leading authors in the field that will help you understand the most challenging topics surrounding A&P. Ideal for courses in two-semester, this edition is coming in an innovative, digital eBook format as a product of research conducted by the author team, focusing more on the ways students use and digest visual information. With an easy-to-understand narrative, precise visuals, and steadfast accuracy, this eBook will help you tackle the challenging issues of your course by using art more effectively in order to learn Anatomy and Physiology. New eBook features include: A plethora of Figures, encouraging you to view and consider the concepts introduced with visual content focusing on essential learning information. Cutting-edge Narrated Videos, guiding you through complex physiology figures, and helping you deconstruct and better understand complicated processes. A variety of Clinical Cases, reinforcing your learning regarding essential issues of the course from theory to practice, inspiring and preparing you for your future career in the field. New handbook by Lori Garrett, entitled The Art of Teaching A&P: Six Easy Lessons to Improve Student Learning, explores some of the most common challenges encountered when using art to teach A&P, discussing strategies to address these challenges (available for instructors). Personalise your learning experience and improve results with Mastering® A&P. The features of this eBook can be supported further by Pearson MasteringA&P, the easy-to-use digital homework and tutorial environment that will allow you to customise how you study, helping you stay on track with the challenging A&P concepts in your course. Mastering offers you a range of engaging dynamic features, activities, and assignments, including, among others, SmartArt Videos, Interactive Physiology 2.0, Dynamic Study Modules, Learning Catalytics, Spotlight Figure Coaching Activities, and lab study tools, as well as a variety of Art Labeling and Clinical Application Questions. This title is a Pearson Global Edition. The Editorial team at Pearson has worked closely with educators around the world to include content, which is especially relevant to students outside the United States.
Edited by physiology instructors who are also active clinicians, Integrated Physiology and Pathophysiology is a one-stop guide to key information you need for early clinical and medical training and practice. This unique, integrated textbook unites these two essential disciplines and focuses on the most relevant aspects for clinical application. A concise, review-like format, tables and diagrams, spaced repetition for effective learning, and self-assessment features help you gain and retain a firm understanding of basic physiology and pathophysiology. Integrated Physiology and Pathophysiology works equally well as a great starting point in your studies and as a review for boards. - Shares the knowledge and expertise of an outstanding editorial team consisting of two practicing clinicians who also teach physiology and pathophysiology at Harvard Medical School, plus a top Harvard medical student. - Provides an integrated approach to physiology and pathophysiology in a concise, bulleted format. Chapters are short and focus on clinically relevant, foundational concepts in clear, simple language. - Employs focused repetition of key points, helping you quickly recall core concepts such as pressure-flow-resistance relationships, ion gradients and action potentials, and mass balance. You'll revisit these concepts in a variety of meaningful clinical contexts in different chapters; this "spaced learning" method of reinforcement promotes deeper and more flexible understanding and application. - Includes Fast Facts boxes that emphasize take-home messages or definitions. - Contains Integration boxes that link physiology and pathophysiology to pharmacology, genetics, and other related sciences. - Presents clinical cases and with signs and symptoms, history, and laboratory data that bring pathophysiology to life. - Features end-of-chapter board-type questions, complete with clear explanations of the answers, to help prepare you for standardized exams. - Evolve Instructor site with an image and test bank as well as PowerPoint slides is available to instructors through their Elsevier sales rep or via request at https://evolve.elsevier.com.
