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MEDICAL

Physiology

BRS Physiology 7th Edition Board Review Series By Linda S. Costanzo, PhD DESCRIPTION

This bestselling title in the Board Review Series offers a con- cise, high-yield review of all essential medical physiology con- cepts and more than 350 clinical vignette-style, multiple-choice questions to help students prepare for course exams and prac- tice for the USMLE Step 1 and other board exams. Abundant illustrations, flow charts, and tables facilitate study. An Interac- tive Question Bank on thePoint includes the chapter and com- prehensive exam questions and explanations from the book in test and review modes.

FEATURES ▶ ▶ A concise outline format and bolded key terms enable efficient review and exam preparation. ▶ ▶ Discussions of clinical disorders, integrated throughout the text, correlate physiology concepts to the practice of medicine. ▶ ▶ Chapter overviews and summaries offer a quick introduction and review of key topics and information, to maximize study time. ▶ ▶ More than 350 multiple-choice questions and answers, many of them new and revised, help students prepare for course and board exams. These include many new multi-part questions that challenge students’ decision-making skills. ▶ ▶ Detailed answers and explanations for every question, cross-referenced back to the text, allow students to remediate weak areas of knowledge. ▶ ▶ New appendices allow for an efficient review of Key Physiology Topics for USMLE Step I, Key Physiology Equations for USMLE Step I, and Normal Blood Values. ▶ ▶ 130 outstanding full-color figures and flow diagrams and 50 tables, many of them new, allow for efficient assimilation of complex information, and are included in the instructor Image Bank on thePoint. ▶ ▶ Significant updates throughout present the latest physiology knowledge, including expanded coverage of cellular, respiratory, renal, gastrointestinal, and endocrine physiology.

Note to Booksellers: The previous edition published in May 2014 (ISBN: 978-1-4511-8795-3).

North American Edition / Softbound / ISBN: 978-1-4963-6761-7 / ($53.99 / £N/A / €N/A) US, Canada, Australia, NZ, PR, US VI Only International Edition / Softbound / ISBN: 978-1-9751-0669-0 / ($53.99 / £31.50 / €36.00) Approx. 304 pp. / 147 in Full Color / Approx. 60 Tables / 7 x 10 / April 2018

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