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Essentials of Anatomy and Physiology, 5th Edition

By Valerie C. Scanlon, PhD, College of Mount St. Vincent, Riverdale, New York.
Tina Sanders, Medical Illustrator, Castle Creek, New York.

ISBN-13: 978-0-8036-1546-5
ISBN-10: 0-8036-1546-9

603 pp. 330 ill. Soft cover.  ©2007  Available now. $44.95

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Instructor’s Resource CD-ROM. (ITEM #1549) with Instructor's GuideImage Bank with over 300 images from the text that can be exported in both PDF and JPEG format for use in PowerPoint slides • Interactive Teaching Tool. Navigate through An Adobe Flash application of more than 150 image followed by questions and answers relevant to the illustration •
Electronic Test Bank with over 2,600 multiple choice and 1,000 fill in the blank questions.

Online at DavisPlus (http://davisplus.fadavis.com) for Instructors and Students with 66 interactive exercises (3 per chapter) • Sample Chapter (Organization and General Plan of the Body) • Interactive teaching tools.

Rely on this bestselling textbook and its accompanying workbook to provide classroom-ready learning for all nursing and allied health students.
Whats New?
    • Revised and revamped chapter on Lymphatic System and Immunity.
    • New questions for every figure in the book that encourage critical thinking and sound study habits.

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Key Features
    • Flexible presentation of content that's suitable for any course.
    • Highly detailed anatomy photographs and full-color illustrations.
    • Clinical application boxes.
    • Extensive microbiology tables.
    • Pedagogical features including • chapter outlines • student objectives • new and related clinical terminology (with pronunciations) • study outlines • review questions and "For further thought" discussion topics • and comprehensive glossary of terms.

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Table of Contents
 
  1. Organization and General Plan of the Body
  2. Some Basic Chemistry
  3. Cells
  4. Tissues and Membranes
  5. The Integumentary System
  6. The Skeletal System
  7. The Muscular System
  8. The Nervous System
  9. The Senses
  10. The Endocrine System
  11. Blood
  12. The Heart
  13. The Vascular System
  14. The Lymphatic System and Immunity
  15. The Respiratory System
  16. The Digestive System
  17. Body Temperature and Metabolism
  18. The Urinary System
  19. Fluid-Electrolyte and Acid-Base Balance
  20. The Reproductive Systems
  21. Human Development and Genetics
  22. An Introduction to Microbiology and Human Disease

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