About the Book UPDATED! Story-based Clinical Cases and Clinical Case Wrap Ups focus on commonly encountered clinical scenarios to help students learn about the types of diseases and injuries they are likely to encounter in their future careers. Updated Clinical Notes appear within every chapter, expand upon topics just discussed, and present diseases and pathologies along with their relationship to normal function NEW! Key Point mini summary boxes at the beginning of each section outline the key point for that reading, succinctly stating what the student is about to learn and will glean from the section NEW! Tips & Tools boxes give students simple analogies and easy memory devices to help them remember facts and concepts, and provide advice on how to differentiate and navigate difficult topics such as "Identifying Tendons and Elastic Ligaments," and "Identifying Hyaline and Fibrous Cartilage." Spotlight Figures provide highly visual one- and two-page presentations of complex topics. The explanatory text is integrated into the visuals so students can find everything they need to understand a topic in one place. The 9th Edition includes one new Spotlight Figure on the Sympathetic Division of the Nervous System (chapter 17). Additional, Unique Figures guide students through structures: "Side-by-Side" Figures provide students with multiple views of the same structure, typically pairing an artist''s drawing with a cadaver photograph taken by renowned biomedical photographer Ralph Hutchings. This approach allows students to compare the illustrator''s careful rendering to a photo of the actual structure as it might be seen in the laboratory or operating room. "Step-by-Step" Figures break down multifaceted processes into step-by-step illustrations that coordinate with the authors'' narrative descriptions.
"Macro-to-Micro" Figures help students to bridge the gap between familiar and unfamiliar structures of the body by sequencing anatomical views from whole organs or other structures down to their smaller parts. A typical 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 sectional view, and a photomicrograph. "Illustration-over-Photo" Figures bring depth and dimensionality to the page and ensure that the illustrated structures are visually proportional in size to the human body. Tables appear frequently throughout the book to help students learn and review, making the book easy to study from. Learning Outcomes on each chapter-opening page indicate to students what they should be able to do after studying the chapter. These Learning Outcomes are coordinated by number to the main chapter headings, allowing students to check their understanding by both Learning Outcomes and chapter topics. Additionally, the assessments in Mastering(tm) A&P are organized by these Learning Outcomes, allowing instructors to assign homework, assess understanding, and demonstrate teaching results by Learning Outcomes. Concept Checkquestions ask students to pause and check their understanding of facts and concepts.
They are located at predictable points throughout the chapter, at the end of each major topic, and the answers are at the back of the book. End-of-chapter 3-level learning system helps build student confidence and understanding through a logical progression from factual questions (Level 1) to conceptual problems (Level 2) to analytical exercises (Level 3). The variety of questions also gives instructors flexibility in assigning homework from the text. Mastering A&P references direct students to online study tools to help them prepare for lab and review key chapter material. Also available as a Pearson eText or packaged with Mastering A&P Pearson eText is a simple-to-use, mobile-optimized, personalized reading experience that can be adopted on its own as the main course material. It lets students highlight, take notes, and review key vocabulary all in one place, even when offline. Seamlessly integrated videos and other rich media engage students and give them access to the help they need, when they need it. Educators can easily share their 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.
Mastering(tm) A&P is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program designed to engage students and improve results. Instructors ensure that students arrive ready to learn by assigning educationally effective content before class, and encourage critical thinking and retention with in-class resources such as Learning Catalytics(tm). Students can further master concepts after class through assignments that provide hints and answer-specific feedback. With a wide range of activities available, students can actively learn, understand, and retain even the most difficult concepts. A robust suite of online resources in Mastering A&P, including Spotlight Figure Coaching Activities and Dynamic Study Modules, allow students to interact with content from the book and learn more about the most difficult concepts. NEW! TEAS and HESI exam practice questions in the Study Area help students prep for the nursing school entrance exam with 150 TEAS and 300 HESI multiple-choice questions and wrong-answer feedback for all questions. IMPROVED! Dynamic Study Modules help students study effectively on their own by continuously assessing their activity and performance in real time. Here''s how it works: students complete a set of questions with a unique answer format that also asks them to indicate their confidence level.
Questions repeat until the student can answer them all correctly and confidently. These are available as graded assignments prior to class, and accessible on smartphones, tablets, and computers. New for the 9th Edition, instructors can now remove questions they do not wish to assign. NEW! Pearson eText is now optimized for mobile: Available on smartphones and tablets. Can be downloaded for most iOS and Android phones/tablets from the Apple App Store or Google Play. Seamlessly integrated videos and other rich media. Accessible (screen-reader ready). Configurable reading settings, including resizable type and night reading mode.
Instructor and student note-taking, highlighting, bookmarking, and search. eText 2.0 mobile app offers offline access on iOS or Android phones/tablets. IMPROVED! The Mastering A&P Study Area features new, mobile-friendly navigation and offers students additional practice test questions, reading quiz questions, flashcards, Get Ready for A&P tutorials, and more. Revised reading quizzes, chapter test reading questions, and Critical Linking activities have been added. Spotlight Figure Coaching Activities bring interactivity to Spotlight Figures from every chapter in the text. These highly visual, interactive, multi-part activities include ranking and sorting questions. A Variety of Clinical Content includes Clinical Case Activities, whichstem from the story-based Clinical Cases that appear at the beginning and end of each chapter in the book.
Additional Interactive Exercises include Bone & Dissection Video Coaching Activities that review the major bones and organ dissections and are supported with assignable activities that include hints and specific wrong-answer feedback; Art-Labeling and Ranking/Sorting Questions that allow students to assess their knowledge of terms and structures; conceptual Art-Based Questions; and a wide variety of Reading Questions that help students focus on key concepts in each chapter. A&P Flix(tm) Activities for Anatomy Topics allow instructors to assign animations on difficult anatomy topics to test student understanding. Practice Anatomy Lab (PAL) 4.0 is a virtual anatomy study and practice tool that provides students 24/7 access to the most widely used lab specimens including human cadaver, histology, cat, fetal pig, 3D and anatomical models. PAL 4.0 includes built-in audio pronunciations, mobile friendly flashcards, and multiple choice and fill-in-the blank lab practical quizzes. Questions with images from PAL can be assigned and automatically graded in the Mastering A&P Item Library. Get Ready for A&P, 3rd Edition quickly gets students up to speed with helpful study skills, math skills, anatomical terminology, basic chemistry, cell biology, and other basics of the human body.
Each chapter of this hands-on workbook includes a pre-test, guided explanation, interactive quizzes and exercises, and end-of-chapter cumulative tests. The Third Edition includes enhanced study tools and assessments in Mastering A&P and 10 Video Tutors that feature author Lori Garrett walking students through key concepts in chemistry and cell biology. Learning Catalytics(tm)helps generate class discussion, customize lectures, and promote peer-to-peer learning with real-time analytics. As a student response tool, Learning Catalytics uses students'' smartphones, tablets, or laptops to engage them in more interactive tasks and thinking. NEW! Upload a full PowerPoint® deck for easy creation of slide questions. NEW! Team names are no longer case sensitive. Help your students develop critical thinking skills. Monitor responses to find out where your students are struggling.
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