Human Anatomy & Physiology, 11th Edition

Highlights of the DIGITAL UPDATE for Mastering (available for Fall 2021 classes)

• NEW - GapFinder Diagnostic Modules assess students' prerequisite knowledge such as study skills, foundational science, and math concepts, and then recommend GapFinder Study Modules with personalized remediation specific to the student's individual knowledge gaps. GapFinder Modules are assignable in Mastering as Dynamic Study Modules, but are completed and graded differently, and available to students for self-study in Mastering.
• NEW - 10 Histology videos provide short, focused walkthroughs of some of the most commonly covered tissue types in A&P.
• NEW & UPDATED - Bone and Organ Dissection Videos, with 23 UPDATED Bone Videos and 3 NEW Bone Videos for fetal skull, cervical vertebrae, and male and female pelves, cover major bone and organ dissections to help students prepare for lecture and lab.
• EXPANDED - Interactive Physiology 2.0 helps students advance beyond memorization to a genuine understanding the toughest topics in A&P. Fully accessible on all mobile devices, IP 2.0 tutorials are assignable as coaching activities in Mastering A&P.
  • NEW - IP 2.0 modules include: Pulmonary Ventilation, Tubular Reabsorption and Secretion, and Urine Concentration and Volume.
• Mastering items are correlated to the updated 2020 HAPS Learning Goals.

Highlights of the DIGITAL UPDATE for Pearson eText (available for Fall 2021 classes)

Pearson eText is an easy-to-use digital textbook that students can purchase on their own or you can assign for your course. It lets students read, highlight, take notes, and review key vocabulary all in one place. Seamlessly integrated videos and other rich media engage students and give them access to the help they need, when they need it. The mobile app lets students learn on the go, online or offline. Creating a course allows you to schedule readings, view reading analytics, and share your 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.

• NEW - Analytics Dashboard. Use the dashboard to gain insight into how students are working in their eText to plan more effective instruction in and out of class.
• Engage learners with compelling media. Videos and animations bring key concepts to life, helping students place what they are reading into context.
  • NEW - Figure Animations are embedded in the eText and reinforce book-specific concepts in focused animations of key figures from the textbook. Each animation includes embedded “Quick Check” questions that provide the correct answer as soon as the student answers the question. Interactive activities of the animations are also assignable in Mastering.
    • Homeostasis and Negative Feedback Mechanisms (figs. 1.5 and 1.6)
    • Comparison of Graded Potentials and Action Potentials (Table 11.3)
    • Regulation of Hormone Release (figs. 16.4 and 16.7)
    • Blood Flow Through the Heart (Focus Figure 18.1)
    • Renal Regulation of pH Balance (figs. 26.13 and 26.14)
  • A&P Flix 3D Animations are 3D movie-quality animations that help students visualize key A&P concepts as well joint movements and origins, insertions, actions, and innervations of more than 65 muscles.
  • Interactive Physiology 2.0 Animations from the IP 2.0 Tutorials that animate the toughest concepts in A&P.
  • Interactive Physiology Anatomy Review Animations cover body systems from the original award-winning Interactive Physiology tutorial program.
  • Career Connection Videos features a diversity of healthcare professionals describing how the chapter content relates to their everyday work.
• Let students check their understanding. Personalized Study Tools are easy to access on both the web and mobile app to help students learn key terms.
  • NEW - Embedded “Check Your Understanding” multiple-choice questions with feedback help students assess their understanding as they read through each section.

Hallmark features of Human Anatomy & Physiology

Guide students to focus on “big picture” concepts before exploring details.

• Unique Chapter Roadmaps provide a visual overview of the key concepts in the chapter and show how they relate to each other. Each key concept “brick” in the roadmap corresponds to a numbered section within the chapter, beginning with a declarative statement that helps learners quickly grasp the “big idea” of the topic discussion.
• Key Concept Modular Organization helps students master the core material, easily navigate the chapter, and maintain their focus. This clear and succinct presentation delivers core concepts in manageable chunks that are easier for students to manage and reference.
• Text recall icons guide students to review specific pages where a concept was first introduced.
• Making Connections questions appear in every chapter (except Chapter 1) and challenge students to relate different concepts across body systems and chapters.

Engage students in building visual literacy skills and interpreting visual information.

• Focus Figures (for a total of 26) walk students through complex processes using exceptionally clear, easytofollow illustrations with integrated text explanations. Focus Figure Coaching Activities can be assigned through Mastering A&P as figure walkthrough videos with assessments and/or as multi-part coaching activities. New Focus Figures can be assigned with new “mini animation” coaching activities in Mastering A&P and include:
  • Fig 3.1 The Plasma Membrane
  • Fig 11.4 Postsynaptic Potentials and Their Summation
  • Fig 16.2 Stress and the Adrenal Gland
  • Fig 18.2 The Cardiac Cycle
  • Fig 21.1 An Example of a Primary Immune Response
  • Fig 28.2 Fetal and newborn Circulation
• 31 unique In-Line Figures are strategically placed within the text to visually reinforce the text discussion. This innovation is the latest example of how the authors carefully integrate art and text, almost always presenting words and visuals on the same two-page spread so that readers can efficiently learn, visualize and remember concepts
• “Draw” questions ask students to create visuals that reinforce important concepts by drawing a structure, annotating a figure, or creating a summary table.Students can check their work using the expanded answer key at the back of the text.
• 47 Check Your Understanding questions include an illustration as part of the question and require students to practice visual literacy skills.
• Blue text annotations appear in selected figures and represent the voice of an A&P instructor, highlighting important points to remember. In some figures the text is broken into numbered steps to help students more easily understand processes one step at a time. Consistent visual presentation is applied throughout the text so that at least one figure, image, or table is included in every two-page spread.

Support learners at every level, from novice to expert.

• 13 Summary Tables present key information and serve as “one-stop shopping” student tools.
• Check Your Understanding sections in each chapter now include a greater variety and range of question types, including higher-level questions labeled Apply, Predict, What If?, Draw, and Make Connections questions. Dozens of new visual questions ask students to label structures or interpret visual information.
• All End-of-Chapter Review questions reinforce the main ideas of the chapter and are now organized into 3 levels of difficulty based on Bloom’s Taxonomy categories:
  • Level 1: Remember/Understand
  • Level 2: Apply/Analyze
  • Level 3: Evaluate/Synthesize

Motivate and prepare students for careers in health care that require real-world problem solving.

• Career Connection videos feature real health care professionals and include assignable questions that ask learners to apply chapter content to examples from their everyday work as a nurse or — as a physical therapist. Referenced at the beginning of each chapter with a “preview” image, students can view the videos through an open access web page at https://goo.gl/88srfV, through embedded links in the eText, or through Mastering A&P.
• Clinical Case Studies with NCLEX-Style questions challenge students to apply knowledge to realistic clinical scenarios and appear at the end of chapters 529.
  • NCLEX-Style questions have been added to each Clinical Case Study and give students practice answering the kinds of challenging questions that they will eventually encounter on a licensing exam. Students can practice answering these questions on their own or in collaboration with classmates. New NCLEX-Style questions are assignable in Mastering A&P.
• Homeostatic Imbalance discussions alert students to the consequences of body systems not functioning optimally. Relevant photos have been added to selected discussions for visual reinforcement. These sections discuss many common pathological conditions as a way of clarifying and illuminating normal body function. Every Homeostatic Imbalance feature has an assignable clinical question in Mastering A&P. Relevant clinical photos have been added to selected discussions for visual reinforcement.

Hallmark features of Mastering A&P

Teach your course your way

• Ready-to-Go Teaching Modules, created for and by instructors, make use of teaching tools for before, during, and after class, including new ideas for in-class activities. The modules incorporate the best that the text, Mastering A&P, and Learning Catalytics have to offer and can be accessed through the Instructor Resources area of Mastering A&P. Available for select titles.
• Early Alerts in Mastering A&P help instructors know when students may be struggling early in the course. This insight enables instructors to provide personalized feedback and support at the moment students need it so they can stay—and succeed—in the course.
• Dynamic Study Modules are assignable modules that pose a series of question sets about a course topic. Questions adapt to each student’s performance and offer personalized, targeted feedback to help them master key concepts. Students can use their computer or the MyLab and Mastering app to access Dynamic Study Modules. Available for select titles.
• Pearson eText is an easy-to-use digital textbook available within Mastering that lets students read, highlight, take notes, and review key vocabulary all in one place. Seamlessly integrated videos and media engage students and give them access to helpful learning tools. The mobile app lets students learn on the go, online or offline. Learn more about Pearson eText.
  • Scheduled Reading. Assign a chapter or specific section to hold students accountable for their reading and help them prep for lecture, homework, and quizzes. Scheduled Readings populate to each student’s assignment page, and you can now link readings directly to a Mastering assignment.

Deliver trusted content

• Practice Anatomy Lab™ (PAL™ 3.1) is an indispensable virtual anatomy study and practice tool available on all mobile devices. It gives students 24/7 access to the most widely used lab specimens including human cadavers, anatomical models, histology, cats, and fetal pigs. PAL 3.1 includes multiple-choice quizzes and practice fill-in-the-blank lab practicals.
  • Customizable Practice Anatomy Lab (PAL) Flashcards give students a way to create their own personalized, mobile-friendly deck of flashcards and quizzes using images from PAL or using only the structures emphasized in lecture or lab.
• PhysioEx™ 10.0 Laboratory Simulations in Physiology is a suite of more than 60 easy-to-use laboratory simulation activities that complement or replace wet labs, including labs that are expensive or time-consuming to perform in class. PhysioEx™ 10.0 provides newly formatted exercises in HTML for increased stability, web browser flexibility, and improved accessibility.
• Videos and Animations are embedded in the eText and can be assigned in Mastering A&P.
  • Bone and Organ Dissection Videos, with 23 UPDATED Bone Videos and 3 NEW Bone Videos for fetal skull, cervical vertebrae, and male and female pelves, cover major bone and organ dissections to help students prepare for lecture and lab.
  • A&P Flix Animations are 3D movie-quality animations that help students visualize joint movements and origins, insertions, actions, and innervations of more than 65 muscles.

Empower learners

• Focus Figure Mini-Animation Coaching Activities bring the 6 new Focus Figures to life and help students build visualization skills using short video segments. Additional multi-part coaching activities can be assigned for the book’s 20 other Focus Figures.
• NCLEX-Style Questions give students practice answering the kinds of clinical problem-solving questions that will eventually appear on a licensing exam.
• Career Connection Video Activities feature real health care professionals and include assessment questions that apply chapter content to examples from everyday work as a nurse or—NEW!—as a physical therapist. Students can access the videos through an open access web page at https://goo.gl/88srfV, or view the video in Mastering A&P.
• Art-Labeling and Art-Based Questions give students practice identifying structures and process steps using art from the book. Art labeling are drag-and-drop activities that allow students to assess their knowledge of terms and structures as well as the order of steps and elements involved in physiological processes. Art-based questions are conceptual questions related to art that coach students with wrong-answer feedback.