Main description:

For two-semester A&P Fundamentals of Anatomy & Physiology helps students succeed in the challenging A&P course with an easy-to-understand narrative, precise visuals, and steadfast accuracy. Every chapter of the Tenth Edition includes one- and two-page Spotlight Figures that seamlessly integrate text and visuals to guide students through complex topics and processes. These highly visual presentations incorporate, for select topics, the "visual approach" that the same author team created in their Visual Anatomy & Physiology book. New Clinical Cases open every chapter and get students thinking about the chapter content in the context of a personal compelling patient story. The Tenth Edition integrates book content with MasteringA&P(R), through expanded Coaching Activities, which personalize learning and coach students toward understanding and mastery of tough A&P topics. This program presents a better teaching and learning experience-for you and your students. It provides: * Text-art Integration: The popular one- and two-page Spotlight Figures and other figure types seamlessly integrate text and visuals to guide students through complex topics and processes.
Students study the Spotlight Figures in the book, and then instructors can assign them in MasteringA&P. * Story-based Clinical Content: Motivate students for their future careers with the new Clinical Cases. Students read the Clinical Cases in the book, and then instructors can assign them, which are also assignable in MasteringA&P. * Time-saving Navigation and Study Tools: Enable students to better navigate difficult A&P topics through both the book and MasteringA&P. This title is available with MasteringA&P, an online homework, tutorial, and assessment product designed to work with your Pearson text to personalize learning and improve results. With a wide range of interactive, engaging, and assignable activities, students are encouraged to actively learn and retain tough course concepts. Students, if interested in purchasing this title with MasteringA&P, ask your instructor for the correct package ISBN. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information.

Contents:

1. An Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology

2. The Chemical Level of Organization

3. The Cellular Level of Organization

4. The Tissue Level of Organization

5. The Integumentary System

6. Osseous Tissue and Bone Structure

7. The Axial Skeleton

8. The Appendicular Skeleton

9. Joints

10. Muscle Tissue

11. The Muscular System

12. Neural Tissue

13. The Spinal Cord, Spinal Nerves, and Spinal Reflexes

14. The Brain and Cranial Nerves

15. Sensory Pathways and the Somatic Nervous System

16. The Autonomic Nervous System and Higher-Order Functions

17. The Special Senses

18. The Endocrine System

19. Blood

20. The Heart

21. Blood Vessels and Circulation

22. The Lymphatic System and Immunity

23. The Respiratory System

24. The Digestive System

25. Metabolism and Energetics

26. The Urinary System

27. Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance

28. The Reproductive System

29. Development and Inheritance Courses