Art that teaches better

• UPDATED! Unique Focus Figures help students grasp tough topics in anatomy by walking them through carefully developed illustrations that teach key concepts. These large, dramatic layouts provide a context for understanding each concept or process. Two updated Focus Figures include Focus Figure 4.11 (Identifying Epithelial and Connective Tissues) and Focus Figure 15.2 (Comparing Somatic Motor and Autonomic Innervation).
• Study tools that help students focus on important concepts
• UPDATED! 12 Body movement photos and 7 updated facial movement photos clearly demonstrate movements allowed by synovial joints, as well as muscles of the face, scalp, and neck.
• In-text media references to PAL 3.0, A&P Flix animations, bone videos, animal organ dissection and cat dissection videos, and art-labeling activities in the Study Area of Pearson Mastering A&P™ help students easily find relevant media resources as they are reading the book.
• UPDATED! 2 Focus Figures include Focus Figure 4.11 (Identifying Epithelial and Connective Tissues) and Focus Figure 15.2 (Comparing Somatic Motor and Autonomic Innervation).
• Pearson Mastering A&P not included. Students, if MasteringA&P is a recommended/mandatory component of the course, please ask your instructor for the correct ISBN and course ID. Pearson Mastering A&P should only be purchased when required by an instructor. Instructors, contact your Pearson representative for more information.

Pearson Mastering A&P is an online homework, tutorial, and assessment program designed to work with this text to engage students and improve results. Instructors ensure 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.

• Book-specificClinical Scenario Coaching Activities complement lecture and lab, and can be assigned as part of in-class activities or as post-class assignments. Coaching Activities for each chapter include an assortment of multiple choice, sorting, labeling, and matching questions. The Coaching Activities are assignable in Pearson Mastering A&P and include hints and wrong-answer feedback.
• 10 Cat Dissection Videos, created by coauthor Tricia Wilhelm, are targeted to pre- and post-labs that have limited lab time and rely on cats. The videos are assignable in Pearson Mastering A&P and include hints and wrong-answer feedback. The videos without questions are also available in the Study Area of Pearson Mastering A&P. Video topics cover:
• Superficial Muscles of the Trunk, Dorsal View
• Deep Muscles of the Trunk, Dorsal View
• Posterior Muscles of the Hip and Thigh
• Brachial Plexus and Innervation of the Muscles of the Arm and Forearm
• Digestive Structures of the Head
• Peritoneum and Mesenteries of the Abdomen
• Structures that Pass through Mesenteries
• Blood Vessels of the Thorax
• Male Reproductive Structures
• Female Reproductive Structures