ISE Mader's Understanding Human Anatomy & Physiology
10th Edition
1260565998
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9781260565997
© 2020 | Published: February 19, 2019
Mader’s Understanding Human Anatomy and Physiology continues to be the perfect text for a one-semester course, because it was designed for this audience from the very first edition. The text is celebrating its tenth anniversary with a complete face…
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Part I Human Organization
1. Organization of the Body
2. Chemistry of Life
3. Cell Structure and Function
4. Body Tissues and Membranes
Part II Support, Movement, and Protection
5. The Integumentary System
6. The Skeletal System
7. The Muscular System
Part III Integration and Coordination
8. The Nervous System
9. The Sensory System
10. The Endocrine System
Part IV Maintenance of the Body
11. Blood
12. The Circulatory System
13. The Lymphatic System and Body Defense
14. The Respiratory System
15. The Digestive System
16. The Urinary System and Excretion
Part V Reproduction and Development
17. The Reproductive System
18. Human Development and Birth
19. Human Genetics
Appendix A Reference Figures: The Human Organism
Appendix B Understanding Medical Terminology
1. Organization of the Body
2. Chemistry of Life
3. Cell Structure and Function
4. Body Tissues and Membranes
Part II Support, Movement, and Protection
5. The Integumentary System
6. The Skeletal System
7. The Muscular System
Part III Integration and Coordination
8. The Nervous System
9. The Sensory System
10. The Endocrine System
Part IV Maintenance of the Body
11. Blood
12. The Circulatory System
13. The Lymphatic System and Body Defense
14. The Respiratory System
15. The Digestive System
16. The Urinary System and Excretion
Part V Reproduction and Development
17. The Reproductive System
18. Human Development and Birth
19. Human Genetics
Appendix A Reference Figures: The Human Organism
Appendix B Understanding Medical Terminology
Mader’s Understanding Human Anatomy and Physiology continues to be the perfect text for a one-semester course, because it was designed for this audience from the very first edition. The text is celebrating its tenth anniversary with a complete facelift, which I believe makes the content even more approachable, user friendly and exciting. Each chapter now begins with an infographic that details fascinating facts about the chapter’s subject.
New interior design layout refreshes the text with the goal of aligning figures/tables closer to in-text references
New design for the Human Systems Work Together feature. The new line art and design provides clarity on how each body system works with the main system covered in the chapte
Explore Everyday A&P. The goal is to make it a catch-all for the “cool stuff” previously covered in Focus on Forensics, What’s New and previous chapter opening stories (related to history); appealing to non-clinical A&P students.
New chapter opener is a one page Infographic facts that highlights fun facts and myth busters as it applies to the context of the chapter. The author wanted to utilize the Infographic facts as a way to engage the students and pull them into the content for the chapter
For Connect® users, the ReadAnywhere App is a free, downloadable app available on iOS and Android mobile devices. It gives students mobile freedom to access their eBook anywhere, even offline, on their smartphone or tablet. Once chapters are downloaded, students can use the same tools that are available in the eBook. Any notes or highlights they make in the eBook will sync across platforms. Visit https://www.mheducation.com/highered/explore/readanywhere.html for more information.
Content Check-Ups now after every major section of the text.
Unsurpassed Clinical Coverage – Clinical coverage is embedded throughout the text and is written to relate the latest research and developments in the applied aspects of anatomy and physiology to important concepts in the book.
Easy to Understand Art – Mader's Understanding Anatomy & Physiology covers all of the important concepts, but leaves out unnecessary, and sometimes confusing, detail. The text features stepped-out art, which shows key stages of an illustration identified by numbered circles.
Content Check-Ups--These small quizzes can be found after major sections of each chapter to help students assess their comprehension as they are reading. These quizzes also make excellent study tools for chapter tests!
Accessible Writing Style – One of the hallmark features of this text is its logical, accessible writing style (without being overly “chatty”) that includes lots of relevant examples, artwork and analogies.