Anatomy and Physiology

by OpenStax College, J. Gordon Betts (Senior Contributor), Peter DeSaix (Senior Contributor)

This book is available for free at http://openstaxcollege.org/textbooks/...

Anatomy and Physiology is a dynamic textbook for the yearlong Human Anatomy and Physiology course taught at most two- and four-year colleges and universities to students majoring in nursing and allied health. A&P is 29 chapters of pedagogically effective learning content, organized by body system, and written at an audience-appropriate level. The lucid text, strategically constructed art, inspiring career features, and links to external learning tools address the critical teaching and learning challenges in the course.

Color is used for pedagogical effect in A&P. Most art will consist of elegant black line, with the strongest line illustrating the most important structure(s) and shading used to show dimension and shape. Color (used only when needed) highlights and clarifies the primary anatomical or functional point of the illustration. Student focus is drawn to the most important learning point in each illustration, without distraction from excessive gradients, shadows, and loud highlights. The online book provides students with links to surgical videos, histology, interactive diagrams, and cadaver imagery at critical junctures. The text will publish in early June 2013.

Genres: Nonfiction, Textbooks, School, Biology

1335 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 2013

About the author

OpenStax College is a nonprofit organization committed to improving student access to quality learning materials. Their free textbooks are developed and peer-reviewed by educators to ensure they are readable, accurate, and meet the scope and sequence requirements of your course. Through their partnerships with companies and foundations committed to reducing costs for students, OpenStax College is working to improve access to higher education for all. OpenStax College is an initiative of Rice University and is made possible through the generous support of several philanthropic foundations.

Reviews

[Nick · Rating 3 out of 5]

Finally I was able to finish a book about Anatomy and Physiology! The nice thing about this book is that it is 100% free! It is a full length text book but since it is an e-book there are various links throughout to external websites, video, etc. This makes harder to understand concepts easier to grasp.
The book can be a bit boring from time to time since it is a text book and it is very comprehensive but it is a really interesting subject if you ask me.

[L. · Rating 4 out of 5]

It's a textbook, but I like how updated it is on anatomy and seems fairly progressive. I don't like how they only give every other answer for the end of chapter quizzes. Those are for practice and we should be able to check our work without a teacher getting involved.

[Angela · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is amazing. And I'm not just kidding about it, it's the intricacy of life that makes us perfect exactly how we are and trust me this book is NOT for free it's actually gonna revolutionize the way you think and go about your business that you will regret not having paid for it in the first place. This is my only regret. I highly recommend this misterious writing to anyone who thinks lions sleep calmy in their caves. Tolerance 4 OL ;) kisses from romania