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Anatomy & Physiology
Memmler’sTheHumanBody inHealthandDisease,
ThirteenthEdition
Barbara JansonCohen, BA,MEd
978-1-4511-9374-9 •October2014 •Hardbound •8.375” x10.875” •656pp.
978-1-4511-9280-3 • September2014 • Softbound •8.375” x10.875” •464pp.
Prepare your students for success in their allied health careers with
Memmler’s The Human Body in Health and Disease, Thirteenth
Edition
. Acclaimed for its innovations in pedagogy and approach,
the book has already helped hundreds of thousands of allied health
students (including thosewith little or no background in science and/
or weak language skills) tomaster the content of the course. From its
pioneeringuseofphoneticpronunciations to itspedagogicallyeffective
skin-to-bone transparencies of the human body, to this edition’s new
personalized chapter-by-chapter quizzes powered by prepU; this book
continues to set the standard for theone-semester course.
Features
•
UpdatedProcessDiagrams
ensure studentmasteryby callingout
the stepsof a complexprocess, suchas negative feedback control or
maintaininghomeostasis and feedbackmechanisms.
•
RevisedandupdatedDisease inContextboxes
openeach chapter
witha familiar scenario that integrates chapter content intoa real-
life setting, bringing the information to life for students.
•
RevisedandupdatedDisease inContextRevisitedboxes
apply
the chapter’s concepts to theopening scenariohelp students
increase their analytic abilities.
•
Increasedclinical content in thechapter case studies
ask
students toevaluateandanalyze simple lab tests tohelp them
develop their higher level thinking skills.
•
Greater emphasison learningconcepts
, for examplegrouping
diseases by common causes, provides studentswitha less
encyclopedic andmore conceptual approach to the content.
•
Improvedanatomicdrawings
featuregreater accuracyand clarity
without increasing the level of complexity.
•
A full-body transparency insert
assists students inperforminga
virtual dissectionof thehumanbody from skindown toboneand
allows them to test themselveson their understandingof skin,
muscles, bones, veins/arteries, etc.
•
Full-colordissectionphotographs
fromRohen’sColorAtlasof
Anatomy, 6e, show students exactlywhat theywould see ina
dissection lab.
•
Updated
Disease inContext
chapter-openingboxes
bring
information to life throughmedical cases that use familiar scenarios
to transport content into real life settings.
Table of Contents
Unit I:
TheBodyas aWhole
Ch. 1:Organization of theHumanBody
Ch. 2: Chemistry,Matter, andLife
Ch. 3: Cells andTheir Functions
Ch. 4:Tissues, Glands, andMembranes
Unit II:
Diseaseand theFirst Lineof
Defense
Ch. 5:Disease andDisease-Producing
Organisms
Ch. 6:The Integumentary System
Unit III:
Movement andSupport
Ch. 7:The Skeleton: Bones and Joints
Ch. 8:TheMuscular System
Unit IV:
CoordinationandControl
Ch. 9:TheNervous System:The Spinal Cord
and SpinalNerves
Ch. 10:TheNervous System:TheBrain and
CranialNerves
Ch. 11:The Sensory System
Ch. 12:The Endocrine System: Glands and
Hormones
UnitV:
CirculationandBodyDefense
Ch. 13:TheBlood
Ch. 14:TheHeart andHeartDisease
Ch. 15: BloodVessels andBloodCirculation
Ch. 16:The Lymphatic System and
LymphoidTissue
Ch. 17: Immunity
UnitVI:
Energy: SupplyandUse
Ch. 18:TheRespiratory System
Ch. 19:TheDigestive System
Ch. 20:Metabolism,Nutrition, andBody
Temperature
Ch. 21: Body Fluids
Ch. 22:TheUrinary System
UnitVII:
Perpetuationof Life
Ch. 23:TheMale andFemaleReproductive
Systems
Ch. 24:Development andBirth
Ch. 25:Heredity andHeredityDiseases
StudyGuide forMemmler’s
TheHumanBody inHealthandDisease,ThirteenthEdition
KerryL.Hull
978-1-4511-9348-0 •September2014 •Softbound
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