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"--

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.

Completely updated, the 3rd edition of this practical textbook introduces you to basic anatomy and physiology - covering need-to-know principles with real-world examples that make key concepts easy to understand. It's logically organized into 17 chapters that each explores a particular body system. This edition is easier to use than ever, offering an engaging new layout with more than 200 color illustrations, as well as new Tools for Learning that lead you through each chapter, highlighting important topics and helping you strengthen and assess your understanding of anatomy and physiology. The reader-friendly approach features a conversational writing style to enhance readability and comprehension. More than 200 full-color illustrations with captions clearly demonstrate core concepts and reinforce important principles. Chapter outlines at the beginning of each chapter provide an overview of the material that will be covered. Key terms, many with phonetic pronunciation guides, are located throughout the chapters. Chapter quizzes and review questions reinforce and assess your understanding of key chapter content. Useful appendices include information on medical terminology, as well as answers to the chapter quizzes. An extensive glossary provides definitions for all key terms, as well as many additional terms that may be unfamiliar. Tools for Learning guide you through each chapter for a more focused study experience: Learning Objectives appear after main headings to help you concentrate on important information. Quiz Yourself questions at the end of each major section allow you to reinforce and test your comprehension of key concepts. Chapter Summaries illustrate how the topics covered in each chapter support the Learning Objectives. Part captions - now integrated into the illustrations - clearly explain core concepts and highlight important principles demonstrated by the images. An enhanced Evolve companion website offers additional learning exercises, including: Panorama of Anatomy and Physiology program with interactive quizzes, movie clips, fun facts, and information on careers related to A&P.

The new edition of the hugely successful Ross and Wilson Anatomy & Physiology in Health and Illness continues to bring its readers the core essentials of human biology presented in a clear and straightforward manner. Fully updated throughout, the book now comes with enhanced learning features including helpful revision questions and an all new art programme to help make learning even easier. The 13th edition retains its popular website, which contains a wide range of 'critical thinking' exercises as well as new animations, an audio-glossary, the unique Body Spectrum© online colouring and self-test program, and helpful weblinks. Ross and Wilson Anatomy & Physiology in Health and Illness will be of particular help to readers new to the subject area, those returning to study after a period of absence, and for anyone whose first language isn't English. - Latest edition of the world's most popular textbook on basic human anatomy and physiology with over 1.5 million copies sold worldwide - Clear, no nonsense writing style helps make learning easy - Accompanying website contains animations, audio-glossary, case studies and other self-assessment material, the unique Body Spectrum© online colouring and self-test software, and helpful weblinks - Includes basic pathology and pathophysiology of important diseases and disorders - Contains helpful learning features such as Learning Outcomes boxes, colour coding and design icons together with a stunning illustration and photography collection - Contains clear explanations of common prefixes, suffixes and roots, with helpful examples from the text, plus a glossary and an appendix of normal biological values. - Particularly valuable for students who are completely new to the subject, or returning to study after a period of absence, and for anyone whose first language is not English - All new illustration programme brings the book right up-to-date for today's student - Helpful 'Spot Check' questions at the end of each topic to monitor progress - Fully updated throughout with the latest information on common and/or life threatening diseases and disorders - Review and Revise end-of-chapter exercises assist with reader understanding and recall - Over 120 animations – many of them newly created – help clarify underlying scientific and physiological principles and make learning fun

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.

Provides all of the anatomy and physiology knowledge a massage therapist needs in a way they can better understand! Applied Anatomy and Physiology for Manual Therapists is a clear, accurate, simple, and comprehensive A&P textbook that focuses on the needs of students in manual therapy education programs. It is a focused text that deliberately emphasizes the information manual therapists need to be familiar with in order to understand the benefits, effects, indications, and contraindications of their specific form of manual therapy. The text includes detailed information not covered in standard A&P texts, adding an entire chapter on neuromuscular and myofascial connections (Chapter 8), and separating the structure and function of the lymphatic system (Chapter 11) from immunity and healing (Chapter 12). This, along with chapter features such as Manual Therapy Applications, Pathology Alerts, and What Do You Think questions, help readers build bridges between the scientific facts and the application of that information to their therapeutic practice.

McKinley/O'Loughlin/Bidle: Anatomy & Physiology: An Integrative Approach, 2e brings multiple elements of the study of A&P together in ways that maximize understanding. Text discussions provide structural details in the context of their functional significance to integrate coverage of anatomy and physiology in each chapter. Chapters emphasize the interdependence of body systems by weaving prior coverage of one system into textual explanations of how other systems work. These system relationships are also covered in “Integrate: Concept Connection” boxes. All figures are carefully designed to support the text narrative, and carry brief textual explanations to make figures self-contained study tools. Special “Concept Overview” figures in each chapter tie together multi-faceted concepts in 1- or 2-page visual summaries. Applications are presented in “Integrate: Clinical View” boxes to apply chapter content using clinical examples that show students what can go wrong in the body, to help crystallize understanding of the “norm.” Critical Thinking questions in “What Do You Think?” engage students in application or analysis to encourage students to think more globally about the content; ‘What Did You Learn’ are mini self-tests at the end of each section that assess whether students have a sufficient grasp of the content before moving on. End-of-chapter “Challenge Yourself” assessments include ‘Do You Know the Basics”, “Can You Apply What You've Learned?”, and “Can You Synthesize What You've Learned?” question sets. Career opportunities pursued by students studying A&P are highlighted at the beginning of each chapter. Everyday analogies and practical advice for remembering material are presented in “Integrate: Learning Strategy” boxes. Chapters end with a summary of media tools available to help learn each chapter's content. Users who purchase Connect Plus receive access to the full online ebook version of the textbook.