Designed for use in a short A&P course, this value-priced lab manual complements any one-semester anatomy and physiology text and provides 27 concise, activity-based exercises that build readers’ observational laboratory skills. Each lab is presented with learning objectives, cogent summaries of key concepts, and meaningful activities that build readers' observational and laboratory skills. The review sheets from the lab manual now follow each exercise.

KEY TOPICS:  The Language of Anatomy, Organ Systems Overview, The Cell - Anatomy and Division, Cell Membrane Transport Mechanisms, Classification of Tissues, The Skin (Integumentary System), Overview of the Skeleton, The Axial Skeleton, The Appendicular Skeleton, Joints and Body Movements, Structure of Skeletal Muscle Gross Anatomy of the Muscular System, Neuron Anatomy and Physiology, Gross Anatomy of the Brain and Cranial Nerves, Spinal Cord and Spinal Nerves, Human Reflex Physiology, The Special Senses, Anatomy and Basic Function of the Endocrine Glands Blood, Anatomy of the Heart, Anatomy of Blood Vessels, Human Cardiovascular Physiology—Blood Pressure and Pulse Determinations, Anatomy of the Respiratory System, Respiratory System Physiology, Functional Anatomy of the Digestive System.

MARKET:  For all readers interested in human anatomy and physiology.