Human Physiology: An Integrated Approach, Global Edition, 8th edition
Published by Pearson (October 22, 2018) © 2019
Dee Unglaub Silverthorn

Title overview

Encourage your students to develop their skills with real-life knowledge that the best-selling text in Human Physiology has to offer.

Human Physiology: An Integrated Approach, 8th edition,is the best-selling text in Physiology for first-semester students worldwide.

Well-known for its active learning style, this edition includes the most up-to-date topics of the discipline, encouraging your students to think critically and gain a deeper understanding by solving real-life problems.

With a range of features to further support your teaching, this best-seller will help your students move beyond memorisation and prepare for their future careers.

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Hallmark features of this title

  • Running Problems explore a real-world disease or disorder throughout the chapter. Students check their understanding by comparing their answers with the Problem Conclusion at the end of the chapter.
  • Figure Questions and Graph Questions are frequent stop-and-think opportunities to reinforce important concepts and build visualization and graphing skills. Answers appear in Appendix A.
  • Concept Checks appear at intervals throughout the chapter and test students before they move on.
  • 4-Level Review Questions help build students' confidence as they progress from answering factual questions, to conceptual problems, to analytical exercises, concluding with quantitative questions.
  • 4 core concepts in biology, mostly related to physiology, are explored throughout the text.

New and updated features of this title

  • Try it Activities present a real-world research problem or classic experiment and guide students in analyzing the data and thinking like a scientist as they consider different outcomes, design a follow-up experiment or form a hypothesis.
  • UPDATED: Figure 1.15 Focus on…Graphing integrates instructions and example graphs more closely to engage students in active learning and concludes with the Try It activity.
  • ENHANCED: Figure 1.3 Focus on…Mapping includes succinct hints, updated recommendations for creating electronic concept maps and an illustrated 3-step example.
  • EXPANDED: Easy-to-Follow Instructions help students integrate information by creating concept maps and flow charts.
  • Content updates throughout the text reflect the dynamic state of physiology research and include developments using Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells (iPSs), mechanisms of axonal transport and associated diseases, the role of the kidney in hypertension and more.
  • UPDATED: Learning Outcomes appear at the beginning of every chapter to provide a learning framework for students, allowing them to easily test their knowledge after reading.

Key features

Features of MasteringA&P for the 8th edition, Global edition

Encourage your students to develop their skills with a series of digital tools.
  • Learning Catalytics®:A student response tool that engages your students in more interactive tasks and thinking, fostering peer-to-peer learning with real-time analytics.
  • A&P Flix: an animation feature that helps students visualise what happens at a molecular level with coaching questions included.
  • IMPROVED! The Mastering A&P Study Area: the new, mobile-friendly navigation that offers students additional practice test questions, reading quiz questions, flashcards, Get Ready for A&P tutorials, and more.
Offer your students an interactive lab experience and allow them to build their scientific skills.
  • Practice Anatomy Lab: A real lab practical exam simulator providing PAL multiple-choice and fill-in-the-blank quizzes, allowing access to a full range of actual lab specimens.
  • Clinical case studies: Real-world clinical case studies followed by questions.
  • PhysioEx Laboratory Simulations: The online lab experience where your students can familiarise themselves with the lab environment, from the introduction and equipment to generating their lab report.

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Table of contents

I. BASIC CELL PROCESSES: INTEGRATION AND COORDINATION

  1. Introduction to Physiology
  2. Molecular Interactions
  3. Compartmentation: Cells and Tissues
  4. Energy and Cellular Metabolism
  5. Membrane Dynamics
  6. Communication, Integration, and Homeostasis

II. HOMEOSTASIS AND CONTROL

  1. Introduction to the Endocrine System
  2. Neurons: Cellular and Network Properties
  3. The Central Nervous System
  4. Sensory Physiology
  5. Efferent Division: Autonomic and Somatic Motor Control
  6. Muscles
  7. Integrative Physiology I: Control of Body Movement

III. INTEGRATION OF FUNCTION

  1. Cardiovascular Physiology
  2. Blood Flow and the Control of Blood Pressure
  3. Blood
  4. Mechanics of Breathing
  5. Gas Exchange and Transport
  6. The Kidneys
  7. Integrative Physiology II: Fluid and Electrolyte Balance

IV. METABOLISM, GROWTH, AND AGING

  1. The Digestive System
  2. Metabolism and Energy Balance
  3. Endocrine Control of Growth and Metabolism
  4. The Immune System
  5. Integrative Physiology III: Exercise
  6. Reproduction and Development

Author bios

Dee Unglaub Silverthorn studied Biology as an undergraduate at Tulane University and earned a Ph.D. in Marine Science at the University of South Carolina.

She began her teaching career in the Physiology Department at the Medical University of South Carolina but has taught a wide range of students over the years, from medical and college students to those still preparing for higher education.

At the University of Texas, she lectures in Physiology, coordinates student laboratories in physiology, and instructs graduate students in a course on developing teaching skills in the Life Sciences.

She has substantial experience with active learning in the classroom and has given workshops on this subject at regional, national, and international conferences.

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