Anatomy & Physiology (includes A&P Online course)
- 11th Edition - January 4, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Authors: Kevin T. Patton, Frank B. Bell, Terry Thompson, Peggie L. Williamson
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 7 5 7 1 - 7
- LooseLeaf ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 7 9 6 4 2 - 2
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 3 2 3 - 8 7 5 8 1 - 3
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A&P may be complicated, but learning it doesn't have to be! Anatomy & Physiology, 11th Edition uses a clear, easy-to-read approach to tell the story of the human body’s structure and function. Color-coded illustrations, case studies, and Clear View of the Human Body transparencies help you see the "Big Picture" of A&P. To jump-start learning, each unit begins by reviewing what you have already learned and previewing what you are about to learn. Short chapters simplify concepts with bite-size chunks of information.
- Conversational, storytelling writing style breaks down information into brief chapters and chunks of information, making it easier to understand concepts.
- 1,400 full-color photographs and drawings bring difficult A&P concepts to life and illustrate the most current scientific knowledge.
- UNIQUE! Clear View of the Human Body transparencies allow you to peel back the layers of the body, with a 22-page, full-color insert showing the male and female human body along several planes.
- The Big Picture and Cycle of Life sections in each chapter help you comprehend the interrelation of body systems and how the structure and function of these change in relation to age and development.
- Interesting sidebars include boxed features such as Language of Science and Language of Medicine, Mechanisms of Disease, Health Matters, Diagnostic Study, FYI, Sport and Fitness, and Career Choices.
- Learning features include outlines, key terms, and study hints at the start of each chapter.
- Chapter summaries, review questions, and critical thinking questions help you consolidate learning after reading each chapter.
- Quick Check questions in each chapter reinforce learning by prompting you to review what you have just read.
- UNIQUE! Comprehensive glossary includes more terms than in similar textbooks, each with an easy pronunciation guide and simplified translation of word parts — essential features for learning to use scientific and medical terminology!
- Cover image
- Title page
- Disclaimer
- Table of Contents
- Anatomical directions
- Brief contents
- How to use
- Copyright
- Evolve and online course writer
- About the authors
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Illustration and photograph credits
- How to use
- List of Illustrations
- List of Tables
- Unit 1. The Body as a Whole
- Introduction
- 1. Organization of the body
- Language of science
- Language of medicine
- Science and society
- Anatomy and physiology
- Language of science and medicine
- Characteristics of life
- Levels of organization
- Anatomical position
- Anatomical directions
- Body planes and sections
- Cavities
- Body regions
- Interaction of structure and function
- Chapter summary
- Review questions
- Critical thinking questions
- 2. Homeostasis
- Language of science
- Language of medicine
- Homeostasis
- Homeostatic mechanisms
- Feed-forward in control systems
- Levels of control
- Summary of homeostasis
- Chapter summary
- Review questions
- Critical thinking questions
- 3. Chemistry of life
- Language of science
- Language of medicine
- Units of matter
- Atomic structure
- Attractions between atoms
- Attractions between molecules
- Chemical reactions
- Metabolism
- Organic and inorganic compounds
- Inorganic molecules
- Chapter summary
- Review questions
- Critical thinking questions
- 4. Biomolecules
- Language of science
- Language of medicine
- Organic molecules
- Carbohydrates
- Lipids
- Proteins
- Nucleic acids and related molecules
- Combined forms
- Chapter summary
- Review questions
- Critical thinking questions
- 5. Cell structure
- Language of science
- Language of medicine
- Functional anatomy of cells
- Cell membranes
- Cytoplasm and organelles
- Nucleus
- Cytoskeleton
- Cell connections
- Chapter summary
- Review questions
- Critical thinking questions
- 6. Cell function
- Language of science
- Language of medicine
- Membrane transport
- Cell metabolism
- Chapter summary
- Review questions
- Critical thinking questions
- 7. Cell growth and development
- Language of science
- Language of medicine
- Protein synthesis
- Cell growth
- Cell reproduction
- Regulating the cell life cycle
- Chapter summary
- Review questions
- Critical thinking questions
- 8. Introduction to tissues
- Language of science
- Language of medicine
- Introduction to tissues
- Extracellular matrix
- Tissue repair
- Body membranes
- Chapter summary
- Review questions
- Critical thinking questions
- 9. Tissue types
- Language of science
- Epithelial tissue
- Connective tissue
- Muscle tissue
- Nervous tissue
- Chapter summary
- Review questions
- Critical thinking questions
- Unit 2. Support and Movement
- Introduction
- 10. Skin
- Language of science
- Language of medicine
- Structure of the skin
- Hypodermis
- Skin color
- Functions of the skin
- Appendages of the skin
- Chapter summary
- Review questions
- Critical thinking questions
- 11. Skeletal tissues
- Language of science
- Language of medicine
- Functions of bone
- Gross structure of bones
- Microscopic structure of bones
- Regulation of blood calcium levels
- Development of bone
- Bone remodeling
- Repair of bone fractures
- Chapter summary
- Review questions
- Critical thinking questions
- 12. Axial skeleton
- Language of science
- Language of medicine
- Divisions of the skeleton
- Skull
- Hyoid bone
- Vertebral column
- Thorax
- Chapter summary
- Review questions
- Critical thinking questions
- 13. Appendicular skeleton
- Language of science
- Language of medicine
- Upper extremity
- Lower extremity
- Skeletal variations
- Chapter summary
- Review questions
- Critical thinking questions
- 14. Articulations
- Language of science
- Language of medicine
- Classification of joints
- Representative synovial joints
- Movement at synovial joints
- Chapter summary
- Review questions
- Critical thinking questions
- 15. Axial muscles
- Language of science
- Skeletal muscle structure
- How muscles are named
- Axial muscles
- Muscles of the head and neck
- Trunk muscles
- Chapter summary
- Review questions
- Critical thinking questions
- 16. Appendicular muscles
- Language of science
- Language of medicine
- Appendicular muscles
- Upper extremity muscles
- Lower extremity muscles
- Posture
- Chapter summary
- Review questions
- Critical thinking questions
- 17. Muscle contraction
- Language of science
- Language of medicine
- General functions
- Function of skeletal muscle tissue
- Function of skeletal muscle organs
- Graded strength principle
- Function of cardiac and smooth muscle tissue
- Chapter summary
- Review questions
- Critical thinking questions
- Unit 3. Communication, Control, and Integration
- Introduction
- 18. Nervous system cells
- Language of science
- Language of medicine
- Organization of the nervous system
- Glia
- Neurons
- Reflex arc
- Nerves and tracts
- Repair of nerve fibers
- Chapter summary
- Review questions
- Critical thinking questions
- 19. Nerve signaling
- Language of science
- Language of medicine
- Electrical nature of neurons
- Action potentials
- Synaptic transmission
- Neurotransmitters
- Neural networks
- Chapter summary
- Review questions
- Critical thinking questions
- 20. Central nervous system
- Language of science
- Language of medicine
- Coverings of the brain and spinal cord
- Cerebrospinal fluid
- Spinal cord
- Brain
- Somatic sensory pathways
- Somatic motor pathways
- Final common path
- Chapter summary
- Review questions
- Critical thinking questions
- 21. Peripheral nervous system
- Language of science
- Language of medicine
- Spinal nerves
- Cranial nerves
- Somatic motor nervous system
- Chapter summary
- Review questions
- Critical thinking questions
- 22. Autonomic nervous system
- Language of science
- Language of medicine
- Overview of the autonomic nervous system
- Structure of the autonomic nervous system
- Autonomic neurotransmitters and receptors
- Functions of the autonomic nervous system
- Chapter summary
- Review questions
- Critical thinking questions
- 23. General senses
- Language of science
- Language of medicine
- Sensory receptors
- Classification of receptors
- Sense of pain
- Sense of temperature
- Sense of touch
- Sense of proprioception
- Chapter summary
- Review questions
- Critical thinking questions
- 24. Special senses
- Language of science
- Language of medicine
- Sense of smell
- Sense of taste
- Senses of hearing and balance
- Sense of vision
- Chapter summary
- Review questions
- Critical thinking questions
- 25. Endocrine regulation
- Language of science
- Language of medicine
- Organization of the endocrine system
- Classification of hormones
- How hormones work
- Eicosanoids
- Chapter summary
- Review questions
- Critical thinking questions
- 26. Endocrine glands
- Language of science
- Language of medicine
- Pituitary gland
- Pineal gland
- Thyroid gland
- Parathyroid glands
- Adrenal glands
- Pancreatic islets
- Gonads
- Placenta
- Thymus
- Gastric and intestinal mucosa
- Heart
- Adipose tissue
- Other endocrine glands and hormones
- Chapter summary
- Review questions
- Critical thinking questions
- Unit 4. Transportation and Defense
- Introduction
- 27. Blood
- Language of science
- Language of medicine
- Blood composition
- Red blood cells
- White blood cells
- Platelets
- Hemostasis
- Chapter summary
- Review questions
- Critical thinking questions
- 28. Heart
- Language of science
- Language of medicine
- Heart structure
- The heart as a pump
- Chapter summary
- Review questions
- Critical thinking questions
- 29. Blood vessels
- Language of science
- Language of medicine
- Chapter summary
- Review questions
- Critical thinking questions
- 30. Circulation of blood
- Language of science
- Language of medicine
- Hemodynamics
- Primary principle of circulation
- Arterial blood pressure
- Venous return to the heart
- Measuring blood pressure
- Minute volume of blood
- Velocity of blood flow
- Pulse
- Chapter summary
- Review questions
- Critical thinking questions
- 31. Lymphatic system
- Language of science
- Language of medicine
- Overview of the lymphatic system
- Lymph and interstitial fluid
- Lymphatic vessels
- Circulation of lymph
- Lymph nodes
- Lymphatic drainage of the breast
- Tonsils
- Thymus
- Spleen
- Chapter summary
- Review questions
- Critical thinking questions
- 32. Innate immunity
- Language of science
- Language of medicine
- Organization of the immune system
- Species resistance
- Mechanical and chemical barriers
- Inflammation and fever
- Phagocytosis
- Natural killer cells
- Interferon
- Complement
- Toll-like receptors
- Chapter summary
- Review questions
- Critical thinking questions
- 33. Adaptive immunity
- Language of science
- Language of medicine
- Overview of adaptive immunity
- B cells and antibody-mediated immunity
- T cells and cell-mediated immunity
- Types of adaptive immunity
- Summary of adaptive immunity
- Chapter summary
- Review questions
- Critical thinking questions
- 34. Stress
- Language of science
- Language of medicine
- Selye’s concept of stress
- Some current concepts about stress
- Chapter summary
- Review questions
- Critical thinking questions
- Unit 5. Respiration, Nutrition, and Excretion
- Introduction
- 35. Respiratory tract
- Language of science
- Language of medicine
- Structural organization
- Upper respiratory tract
- Lower respiratory tract
- Chapter summary
- Review questions
- Critical thinking questions
- 36. Ventilation
- Language of science
- Language of medicine
- Respiratory physiology
- Mechanism of ventilation
- Pulmonary volumes and capacities
- Pulmonary airflow
- Ventilation and perfusion
- Regulation of ventilation
- Chapter summary
- Review questions
- Critical thinking questions
- 37. Gas exchange and transport
- Language of science
- Language of medicine
- Pulmonary gas exchange
- How blood transports gases
- Systemic gas exchange
- Chapter summary
- Review questions
- Critical thinking questions
- 38. Upper digestive tract
- Language of science
- Language of medicine
- Organization of the digestive system
- Mouth
- Pharynx
- Esophagus
- Stomach
- Chapter summary
- Review questions
- Critical thinking questions
- 39. Lower digestive tract
- Language of science
- Language of medicine
- Small intestine
- Large intestine
- Vermiform appendix
- Peritoneum
- Liver
- Gallbladder
- Pancreas
- Chapter summary
- Review questions
- Critical thinking questions
- 40. Digestion and absorption
- Language of science
- Language of medicine
- Overview of digestive function
- Digestion
- Secretion
- Control of digestive gland secretion
- Absorption
- Elimination
- Chapter summary
- Review questions
- Critical thinking questions
- 41. Nutrition and metabolism
- Language of science
- Language of medicine
- Nutrition and metabolism
- Carbohydrates
- Lipids
- Proteins
- Vitamins and minerals
- Metabolic rates
- Mechanisms for regulating food intake
- Body temperature
- Chapter summary
- Review questions
- Critical thinking questions
- 42. Urinary system
- Language of science
- Language of medicine
- Anatomy of the urinary system
- Physiology of the urinary system
- Chapter summary
- Review questions
- Critical thinking questions
- 43. Fluid and electrolyte balance
- Language of science
- Language of medicine
- Fluid and electrolyte balance
- Total body water
- Body fluid compartments
- Electrolytes in body fluids
- Avenues of water entry and exit
- General principles of fluid balance
- Homeostasis of total fluid volume
- Regulation of water and electrolytes
- Regulation of water and electrolytes in intracellular fluid
- Regulation of sodium and potassium
- Chapter summary
- Review questions
- Critical thinking questions
- 44. Acid-base balance
- Language of science
- Language of medicine
- pH of body fluids
- pH control mechanisms
- Chemical mechanisms
- Respiratory mechanisms
- Urinary mechanisms
- Chapter summary
- Review questions
- Critical thinking questions
- Unit 6. Reproduction and Development
- Introduction
- 45. Male reproductive system
- Language of science
- Language of medicine
- Sexual reproduction
- Male reproductive organs
- Testes
- Reproductive ducts
- Accessory reproductive glands
- Supporting structures
- Composition and course of seminal fluid
- Male fertility
- Chapter summary
- Review questions
- Critical thinking questions
- 46. Female reproductive system
- Language of science
- Language of medicine
- Overview of the female reproductive system
- Ovaries
- Uterine tubes
- Uterus
- Vagina
- Vulva
- Female reproductive cycles
- Breasts
- Chapter summary
- Review questions
- Critical thinking questions
- 47. Growth, development, and aging
- Language of science
- Language of medicine
- Human reproduction
- Prenatal period
- Birth
- Postnatal period
- Aging
- Causes of death
- Chapter summary
- Review questions
- Critical thinking questions
- 48. Genetics and heredity
- Language of science
- Language of medicine
- The science of genetics
- Chromosomes and genes
- Gene expression
- Medical genetics
- Prevention and treatment of genetic diseases
- Chapter summary
- Review questions
- Critical thinking questions
- Glossary of Anatomy & Physiology
- Index
- Clear view of the human body
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- Edition: 11
- Published: January 4, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 1280
- Language: English
- Hardback ISBN: 9780323775717
- LooseLeaf ISBN: 9780323796422
- eBook ISBN: 9780323875813
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Kevin T. Patton
Professor Emeritus Kevin T. Patton works at Life Sciences,St. Charles Community College Cottleville, MO Professor of Human Anatomy & Physiology Instruction (HAPI adjunct) Northeast College of Health Sciences Seneca Falls, NY
Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emeritus, Life Sciences, St. Charles Community College Cottleville, MO Professor of Human Anatomy and Physiology Instruction (HAPI adjunct) Northeast College of Health Sciences Seneca Falls, NY, USAFB
Frank B. Bell
Frank B. Bell is Adjunct Assistant Professor MS in Human Anatomy and Physiology Instruction (MSHAPI) Program Northeast College of Health Sciences Seneca Falls, NY
Affiliations and expertise
Adjunct Assistant Professor MS in Human Anatomy & Physiology Instruction (MSHAPI) Program Northeast College of Health Sciences Seneca Falls, NY, USATT
Terry Thompson
Terry Thompson, Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences Wor-Wic Community College President Emeritus - HAPS Salisbury, MD.
Affiliations and expertise
Professor Emeritus of Biological Sciences Wor-Wic Community College President Emeritus - HAPS Salisbury, MD, USAPW
Peggie L. Williamson
Peggie L. Williamson works at the University of Mary Hardin DPT Program Baylor in Belton, TX Bellah Therapies, LLC Harker Heights, TX
Affiliations and expertise
University of Mary Hardin DPT Program Baylor in Belton, TX Bellah Therapies, LLC Harker Heights, TX, USA