Human Anatomy, 8th edition

Art that teaches better

• UPDATED! Unique Focus Figures help students grasp tough topics in anatomy by walking them through carefully developed illustrations that teach key concepts. These large, dramatic layouts provide a context for understanding each concept or process. Two updated Focus Figures include Focus Figure 4.11 (Identifying Epithelial and Connective Tissues) and Focus Figure 15.2 (Comparing Somatic Motor and Autonomic Innervation).
• Clear and concise tables, including many hallmark-illustrated tables, condense relevant information into one place to facilitate the student’s learning experience.
• Realistic bone art is consistent, three-dimensional, and incredibly life-like.
• Blue step text aids students in walking through a process or pathway for select figures.
• Surface anatomy photos show superb muscle definition and clear surface landmarks for skeletal, muscular, and vascular structures.
  

Relevant, up-to-date discussions of clinical applications and other high-interest topics

• Clinical Applications are highlighted throughout each chapter to pique student interest and help the student better understand normal function and structure of the human body.
• A Closer Look feature boxes provide topical and clinical information on current issues.

Study tools that help students focus on important concepts

• UPDATED!  12 Body movement photos and 7 updated facial movement photos clearly demonstrate movements allowed by synovial joints, as well as muscles of the face, scalp, and neck.
• NEW! In-text media references to PAL 3.0, A&P Flix animations, bone videos, animal organ dissection and cat dissection videos, and art-labeling activities in the Study Area of MasteringA&P™ help students easily find relevant media resources as they are reading the book.
• UPDATED! 2 Focus Figures include Focus Figure 4.11 (Identifying Epithelial and Connective Tissues) and Focus Figure 15.2 (Comparing Somatic Motor and Autonomic Innervation).
• 14 Focus Figures highlight important, tough-to-teach concepts. Focus Figures include: Levels of Structural Organization (Chapter 1), Mitosis (Chapter 2), Distinguishing Between Epithelial and Connective Tissues (Chapter 4), Types of Synovial Joints (Chapter 9), Muscle Action (Chapter 11), Neuronal Pathways (Chapter 12), Innervation of the Upper Limb and Innervation of the Lower Limb (Chapter 14), Comparing Somatic Motor and Autonomic Innervation (Chapter 15), Hypothalamus and Pituitary Interactions (Chapter 17), Blood Flow Through the Heart (Chapter 19), Fetal and Newborn Circulation (Chapter 20), Peritoneum and the Digestive System Organs (Chapter 23), Digestive Processes and Histology of the Alimentary Canal (Chapter 23). 
• Student objectives are integrated throughout the chapter so that they appear before each relevant section.
• Check Your Understanding questions ask students to stop and think about what they just read, before moving on.
• Side-by-side presentations of artwork with cadaver or photomicrographs help students visualize key anatomical structures.
• Clinical photos appear throughout the text in Clinical Application boxes that re-enforce real-world application. Thorough end-of-chapter pedagogical material includes a Chapter Summary with references to PAL 3.0, A&P Flix Animations, Dynamic Study Modules, animal organ dissection and cat dissection videos, bone videos, a list of key resources in the Study Area of MasteringA&P, and Review Questions, featuring Critical Reasoning and Clinical Application Questions that challenge students to think critically.

Also available as a Pearson eText or packaged with Mastering A&P

Pearson eText is a simple-to-use, mobile-optimized, personalized reading experience that can be adopted on its own as the main course material. It lets students highlight, take notes, and review key vocabulary all in one place, even when offline. Seamlessly integrated videos and other rich media engage students and give them access to the help they need, when they need it. Educators can easily share their own notes with students so they see the connection between their eText and what they learn in class — motivating them to keep reading, and keep learning. Learn more about Pearson eText.

MasteringA&P is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program designed to work with this text to engage students and improve results. Instructors ensure students arrive ready to learn by assigning educationally effective content before class, and encourage critical thinking and retention with in-class resources such as Learning Catalytics. Students can further master concepts after class through traditional and adaptive homework assignments that provide hints and answer-specific feedback. With a wide range of activities available, students can actively learn, understand, and retain even the most difficult concepts.

• NEW! Dynamic Study Modules help students study effectively on their own by continuously assessing their activity and performance in real time. Here's how it works: students complete a set of questions with a unique answer format that also asks them to indicate their confidence level. Questions repeat until the student can answer them all correctly and confidently. Once completed, Dynamic Study Modules explain the concept using materials from the text. These are available as graded assignments prior to class, and accessible on smartphones, tablets, and computers.
• NEW! Book-specific Clinical Scenario Coaching Activities complement lecture and lab, and can be assigned as part of in-class activities or as post-class assignments. Coaching Activities for each chapter include an assortment of multiple-choice, sorting, labeling, and matching questions. The Coaching Activities are assignable in MasteringA&P and include hints and wrong-answer feedback.
• NEW! 10 Cat Dissection Videos, created by coauthor Tricia Wilhelm, are targeted to pre- and post-labs that have limited lab time and rely on cats. The videos are assignable in MasteringA&P and include hints and wrong-answer feedback. The videos without questions are also available in the Study Area of MasteringA&P. Video topics cover:

• Superficial Muscles of the Trunk, Dorsal View
• Deep Muscles of the Trunk, Dorsal View
• Posterior Muscles of the Hip and Thigh
• Brachial Plexus and Innervation of the Muscles of the Arm and Forearm
• Digestive Structures of the Head
• Peritoneum and Mesenteries of the Abdomen
• Structures that Pass through Mesenteries
• Blood Vessels of the Thorax
• Male Reproductive Structures
• Female Reproductive Structures

• NEW! Pearson eText seamlessly integrates videos and other rich media right into the reading experience. eText 2.0 is available in MasteringA&P and on smartphones and tablets. It is screen-reader ready, includes note-taking, highlighting, bookmarking, and search capabilities, and features customizable settings such as night reading mode.

• Get Ready for A&P Diagnostic, Learning Styles, and Cumulative Tests along with Get Ready for A&P Video Tutors feature award-winning teacher Lori Garrett walking students through key basic concepts needed for students to be successful in A&P. Students can take the assignable Diagnostic Test and/or Learning Styles Test in MasteringA&P to assess their base knowledge at the start of the course. Chapter assessments include Reading Questions and Video Tutor Coaching Activities. The key concepts covered include: Learning Styles, Study Skills, Basic Math Review, Terminology, Body Basics, Chemistry, and Cell Biology.

• A&P Flix^™ Coaching Activities provide dramatic 3D animations of key anatomy topics, including individual muscle origins, insertions, actions, and innervations, and key muscle actions and joint movement. Each animation provides practice quizzes and wrong-answer feedback.

• Bone and Dissection Video Coaching Activities review all major bones and organ dissections. Each video is supported by activities with hints and specific wrong-answer feedback.

• UPDATED! Focus Figure Coaching Activities expand upon the popular Focus Figures in the text by guiding students through complex processes step by step with hints and specific wrong-answer feedback. The Coaching Activities for Focus Figures 4.11 and 15.2 have been updated.

• Drag-and-Drop Art Labeling Activities and Art-Based Questions require students to interact with key figures from the text, dragging and dropping labels into place or answering questions related to select figures from the text.

• Practice Anatomy Lab^™ 3.0 is an indispensable virtual anatomy study and practice tool that gives your students 24/7 access to the most widely used lab specimens including human cadaver, anatomical models, histology, cat, and fetal pig. PAL^™ 3.0 includes built-in pronunciation guides, rotatable bones, multiple-choice quizzes, and fill-in-the-blank lab practical exams.

• Learning Catalytics^™ is an interactive, classroom tool that uses students’ smartphones, tablets, or laptops to engage them in more sophisticated tasks and thinking. Now included with Mastering with eText, Learning Catalytics enables you to generate classroom discussion, guide your lecture, and promote peer-to-peer learning with real-time analytics. Instructors can:

• Pose a variety of open-ended questions that help your students develop critical-thinking skills
• Monitor responses to find out where students are struggling
• Use real-time data to adjust your instructional strategy and try other ways of engaging your students during class
• Manage student interactions by automatically grouping students for discussion, teamwork, and peer-to-peer learning

• UPDATED! Unique Focus Figures help students grasp tough topics in anatomy by walking them through carefully developed illustrations that teach key concepts. These large, dramatic layouts provide a context for understanding each concept or process. Two updated Focus Figures include Focus Figure 4.11 (Identifying Epithelial and Connective Tissues) and Focus Figure 15.2 (Comparing Somatic Motor and Autonomic Innervation).

Study tools that help students focus on important concepts

• UPDATED!  12 Body movement photos and 7 updated facial movement photos clearly demonstrate movements allowed by synovial joints, as well as muscles of the face, scalp, and neck.
• In-text media references to PAL 3.0, A&P Flix animations, bone videos, animal organ dissection and cat dissection videos, and art-labeling activities in the Study Area of MasteringA&P™ help students easily find relevant media resources as they are reading the book.
• UPDATED! 2 Focus Figures include Focus Figure 4.11 (Identifying Epithelial and Connective Tissues) and Focus Figure 15.2 (Comparing Somatic Motor and Autonomic Innervation).

Also available as a Pearson eText or packaged with Mastering A&P

Pearson eText is a simple-to-use, mobile-optimized, personalized reading experience that can be adopted on its own as the main course material. It lets students highlight, take notes, and review key vocabulary all in one place, even when offline. Seamlessly integrated videos and other rich media engage students and give them access to the help they need, when they need it. Educators can easily share their own notes with students so they see the connection between their eText and what they learn in class — motivating them to keep reading, and keep learning. Learn more about Pearson eText.

MasteringA&P is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program designed to work with this text to engage students and improve results. Instructors ensure students arrive ready to learn by assigning educationally effective content before class, and encourage critical thinking and retention with in-class resources such as Learning Catalytics. Students can further master concepts after class through traditional and adaptive homework assignments that provide hints and answer-specific feedback. With a wide range of activities available, students can actively learn, understand, and retain even the most difficult concepts.

• Dynamic Study Modules help students study effectively on their own by continuously assessing their activity and performance in real time. Here's how it works: students complete a set of questions with a unique answer format that also asks them to indicate their confidence level. Questions repeat until the student can answer them all correctly and confidently. Once completed, Dynamic Study Modules explain the concept using materials from the text. These are available as graded assignments prior to class, and accessible on smartphones, tablets, and computers.
• Book-specific Clinical Scenario Coaching Activities complement lecture and lab, and can be assigned as part of in-class activities or as post-class assignments. Coaching Activities for each chapter include an assortment of multiple choice, sorting, labeling, and matching questions. The Coaching Activities are assignable in MasteringA&P and include hints and wrong-answer feedback.
• 10 Cat Dissection Videos, created by coauthor Tricia Wilhelm, are targeted to pre- and post-labs that have limited lab time and rely on cats. The videos are assignable in MasteringA&P and include hints and wrong-answer feedback. The videos without questions are also available in the Study Area of MasteringA&P. Video topics cover:
  • Superficial Muscles of the Trunk, Dorsal View

  • Deep Muscles of the Trunk, Dorsal View

  • Posterior Muscles of the Hip and Thigh

  • Brachial Plexus and Innervation of the Muscles of the Arm and Forearm

  • Digestive Structures of the Head

  • Peritoneum and Mesenteries of the Abdomen

  • Structures that Pass through Mesenteries

  • Blood Vessels of the Thorax

  • Male Reproductive Structures

  • Female Reproductive Structures

• Pearson eText seamlessly integrates videos and other rich media right into the reading experience. eText 2.0 is available in MasteringA&P and on smartphones and tablets. It is screen-reader ready, includes note-taking, highlighting, bookmarking, and search capabilities, and features customizable settings such as night reading mode.