Essentials of Anatomy & Physiology, 8th edition

For 1-semester courses in anatomy & physiology.

Guide students to a future in healthcare

Essentials of Anatomy & Physiology is crafted especially for students with no prior knowledge of anatomy & physiology and little science background. The text guides students through tough A&P topics with precise illustrations and an emphasis on integration.

The 8th Edition features time-saving study tools and engaging clinical content to help students learn and retain challenging content in the fast-paced 1-semester A&P course.

Hallmark features of this title

• Spotlight Figures are visual 1- and 2-page presentations of tough topics with a focus on physiology and combine brief text with related figures and photos to communicate information in a visually effective format.
• Build Your Knowledge boxes and Integration Figures coach students through physiology, referring back to previously learned concepts before introducing new information.
• Clinical Notes expand upon topics just discussed, present diseases and pathologies with their relationship to normal function, and relate directly to what students will encounter in future careers.
• Side-by-Side Figures provide multiple views of the same structure, typically pairing an illustrator's rendering with a photo of the actual structure from the laboratory or operating room.

Additional features of this title

• Build Your Knowledge reading questions, based on Build Your Knowledge sections, appear throughout each chapter to ensure students have the background knowledge needed to work with new content in the chapter.
• Checkpoint questions appear at the end of each section, closing out major topics. Each Checkpoint checks student understanding of important facts and/or concepts according to what students most need to remember from the section in the chapter.
• Step-by-Step Figures break down multifaceted processes into numbered step-by-step illustrations that coordinate with the authors' narrative descriptions.
• Macro-to-Micro Figures bridge the gap between familiar and unfamiliar structures of the body by sequencing anatomical views from whole organs or other structures to their smaller parts. An illustration might combine a simple orientation diagram (indicating where an organ or structure is located in the human body) with a large, vivid illustration of that organ or structure, a corresponding cross-sectional view and a photomicrograph.