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Anatomy & Physiology, 7th edition

Published by Pearson (January 4, 2019) © 2020

  • Elaine N. Marieb Holyoke Community College
  • Katja Hoehn Mount Royal University

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Anatomy & Physiology offers a streamlined version of Elaine Marieb and Katja Hoehn's best-selling Human Anatomy & Physiology text. The 26 unabridged chapters cover key A&P concepts needed by students for nursing and allied-health careers while excluding coverage of pregnancy & human development, genetics, and the developmental aspects of body systems.

The 7th Edition provides more self-assessment questions to guide students in applying knowledge in clinical scenarios and performing the critical thinking and problem-solving skills for entry to nursing, allied health, and exercise science programs.

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  • Numbered Key Concept Headings, a chapter outline and overview open each chapter for easy reference while studying and help grasping the big idea of the discussion after each concept.

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Healthcare careers

  • Homeostatic Imbalance discussions alert students to consequences of body systems not functioning optimally. Select discussion feature relevant photos for visual reinforcement.
  • Career Connection videos feature real healthcare professionals discussing how chapter content applies to their everyday work. Each chapter-opening image includes an open access web link.

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  • EXPANDED: Focus Figures and Illustrated Tables walk students through complex processes using exceptionally clear, easy-to-follow illustrations with integrated text explanations.
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  • 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.

Visual literacy skills

  • Draw questions ask students to create visuals that reinforce important concepts by drawing a structure, annotating a figure or creating a summary table.
  • Questions about illustrations require students to complete a labeling exercise or interpret a figure. The questions appear in select Check Your Understanding sections.

Healthcare careers

  • NCLEX-Style questions now appear in each end-of-chapter Clinical Case Study to give students practice answering the kinds of challenging questions they will encounter on a licensing exam.

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  • NEW: Building Vocabulary Activities give students a fun way to learn word roots and A&P terminology while building and practicing important language skills.
  • NEW: NCLEX-Style Reading Questions give students practice answering clinical problem-solving and real-world scenario questions that they will need to answer on a licensing exam.

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  • Career Connection Video Activities feature real healthcare professionals discussing how the chapter content applies to examples from everyday work as a nurse or as a physical therapist. Students can view the videos from within the eText .

UNIT ONE: ORGANIZATION OF THE BODY

  1. The Human Body: An Orientation
  2. Chemistry Comes Alive
  3. Cells: The Living Units
  4. Tissues: The Living Fabric

UNIT TWO: COVERING, SUPPORT, AND MOVEMENT OF THE BODY

  1. The Integumentary System
  2. Bones and Skeletal Tissues
  3. The Skeleton
  4. Joints
  5. Muscles and Muscle Tissue
  6. The Muscular System

UNIT THREE: REGULATION AND INTEGRATION OF THE BODY

  1. Fundamentals of the Nervous System and Nervous Tissue
  2. The Central Nervous System
  3. The Peripheral Nervous System and Reflex Activity
  4. The Autonomic Nervous System
  5. The Endocrine System

UNIT FOUR: MAINTENANCE OF THE BODY

  1. Blood
  2. The Cardiovascular System: The Heart
  3. The Cardiovascular System: Blood Vessels
  4. The Lymphatic System and Lymphoid Organs and Tissues
  5. The Immune System: Innate and Adaptive Body Defenses
  6. The Respiratory System
  7. The Digestive System
  8. Nutrition, Metabolism, and Energy Balance
  9. The Urinary System
  10. Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance

UNIT FIVE: CONTINUITY

  1. The Reproductive System

Chapters on pregnancy & human development and genetics can be found in Human Anatomy & Physiology, 11th Edition.

About our authors

Elaine N. Marieb received her Ph.D. in zoology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst and then joined the faculty of the Biological Science Division of Holyoke Community College. While teaching at Holyoke Community College, where many of her students were pursuing nursing degrees, she wanted to better understand the relationship between the scientific study of the human body and the clinical aspects of the nursing practice. To that end, while continuing to teach full time, Dr. Marieb pursued her nursing education, which culminated in a Master of Science degree with a clinical specialization in gerontology from the University of Massachusetts. It is this experience that has informed the development of the unique perspective and accessibility for which her textbooks and lab manuals are so well known.

Dr.Marieb passed away in 2018 after a lifetime of supporting numerous institutions and programs. Perhaps her favorite cause was helping students, especially nontraditional students, pursue their goals in science. She gave generously to provide opportunities for them to further their education by, to name just one example, funding the E. N. Marieb Science Research Awards at Mount Holyoke College. She also believed strongly in research: she underwrote the renovation of the biology labs in Clapp Laboratory at Mount Holyoke College and provided funding for reconstruction and instrumentation of a cutting-edge cytology research laboratory at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

Her legacy of contributing to science education lives on through the Elaine Nicpon Marieb Foundation, which provides support to multiple causes and organizations. In 2021, the Foundation provided a generous donation to University of Massachusetts, Amherst, which is now home to the Elaine Marieb College of Nursing. Dr. Marieb has also provided philanthropic support to Florida Gulf Coast University, which is home to the Elaine Nicpon Marieb College of Health and Human Services.

Dr. Katja Hoehn is a professor in the Department of Biology at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Canada. Dr. Hoehn's first love is teaching. Her teaching excellence has been recognized by several awards during her 24 years at Mount Royal University. These include a PanCanadian Educational Technology Faculty Award (1999), a Teaching Excellence Award from the Students' Association of Mount Royal (2001), and the Mount Royal Distinguished Faculty Teaching Award (2004).

Dr. Hoehn received her MD (with Distinction) from the University of Saskatchewan, and her PhD in Pharmacology from Dalhousie University. In 1991, the Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation presented her with the Max Forman (Jr.) Prize for excellence in medical research. During her PhD and postdoctoral studies, she also pursued her passion for teaching by presenting guest lectures to first- and second-year medical students at Dalhousie University and at the University of Calgary.

Dr. Hoehn has been a contributor to several books, written numerous research papers in Neuroscience and Pharmacology, and has co-authored the last four editions of this textbook. For many years, she has also reviewed and authored electronic media that accompanies Pearson anatomy and physiology books.

Following Dr. Marieb's example, Dr. Hoehn provides financial support for students in the form of a scholarship that she established in 2006 for nursing students at Mount Royal University.

Dr. Hoehn is also actively involved in the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society (HAPS) and is a member of the American Association of Anatomists. When not teaching, she likes to spend time outdoors with her husband and two sons. She also enjoys competing in long-course triathlons and playing Irish flute down at the local pub.

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