Health Care

   Calvary University

 Faculty of Health Care

Essentials of Human Anatomy
    & Physiology

Book Cover

Edition 7

Elaine N. Marieb
0-8053-5385-2
Paperback
588 pages
2003


Brief Description

Now in its Seventh Edition, Essentials of Human Anatomy & Physiology continues to set the standard for a quality text that zeros in on the needs of allied health students.

Award-winning author Elaine N. Marieb brings her unique understanding of students' specific needs to this popular text, which has introduced countless allied health students to the structure and function of the human body.

Marieb's clear and friendly writing style emphasizes the relevance of anatomy and physiology to students' lives and careers. It clarifies concepts, defines key terms, and offers just the right balance of anatomy, physiology, and clinical coverage to make the content complete without being overly detailed.

Updated to reflect current teaching in the field, the new Seventh Edition features a careful, dynamic, and accurate art program to help students better visualize the human body, with special emphasis on the skull, bone, and muscle.

While many authors merely condense a two-semester text to meet a one-semester need, Elaine Marieb carefully selects a range of topics that proves just right for the shorter course. Plus, a flexible topic structure allows instructors to choose a chapter sequence to meet virtually any need.

Features

  • Systems in Sync summarize, illustrate, and explain the interrelationship of all body systems.
  • Homeostatic Imbalance icons and end-of-chapter At the Clinic sections address the needs of career-oriented, one-semester anatomy and physiology students.
  • Focus on Careers sections use interviews with working professionals to show how anatomy and physiology is important in a wide range of allied health careers. One new career, Food Technologist, has been added to Chapter 2.
  • Developmental Aspects sections emphasize problems that accompany the aging process.
  • A Closer Look boxes provide information about related topics, new discoveries, and new procedures.
  • Excellent learning aids such as chapter goals, function previews, chapter objectives, summaries, and review questions highlight and reinforce important concepts.
  • InterActive Physiology ® (IP) and web references in each chapter summary guide students to relevant and useful learning activities and tutorials featured on the Essentials of IP® CD-ROM and The Anatomy & Physiology Place Web site included with the book.

New to this Edition

An award-winning, dynamic, and highly effective learning tool, Essentials of InterActive Physiology® (IP) CD-ROM features selected activities appropriate to the level of the course from the IP software, plus text-specific quiz questions for each chapter in the text. Icons with references to Essentials of IP tutorials appear in chapter summaries to integrate book coverage and media. The CD-ROM is included with every new copy of the text. The Anatomy & Physiology Place website includes learning activities and quiz questions that reflect the coverage in the text. Instructor Art and Lecture Presentation CD-ROM features lecture outlines with selected images from the text in PowerPoint® format and includes all illustrations from the text illustrations—approximately 275 images—in convenient, high quality PowerPoint® files. Taking full advantage of technological advancements in scientific and medical illustration, the text now offers your students the opportunity to see greater contrast among structures and more visible detail, particularly in muscle, bone, and joint illustrations.

Contents

1. The Human Body: An Orientation.
2. Basic Chemistry.
3. Cells and Tissues.
4. Skin and Body Membranes.
5. The Skeletal System.
6. The Muscular System.
7. The Nervous System.
8. Special Senses.
9. The Endocrine System.
10. Blood.
11. The Cardiovascular System.
12. The Lymphatic System and Body Defenses.
13. The Respiratory System.
14. The Digestive System and Body Metabolism.
15. The Urinary System.
16. The Reproductive System.
Appendixes.

About the Author

For Elaine N. Marieb, forging a relationship between her students and the anatomy and physiology concepts that will form the basis of their careers has always been a priority. Having gone back to school to get her R.N. degree and an M.S. in gerontological nursing when she was already a college teacher, she is uniquely able to understand the needs of both instructors and students. Elaine is Professor Emeritus of biology at Holyoke Community College, Holyoke, Massachusetts, where she taught anatomy and physiology for 25 years. She has also relocated to Naples, Florida, where she is now Visiting Professor at Edison Community College in nearby Fort Myers, Florida. She keeps in touch with many of her former students, whose experiences in allied health careers provide insights into the changing needs of A&P students.

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