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Overall, the book was okay. However, some of the chapters were more confusing than necessary. Sometimes I had to reread sections just to understand what it wanted me to know, because I got lost in the superfluous writing. Although, I did well in the class, without lecture I would have really struggled with some concepts that were made harder to understand by the way it was written.
Informative and generally easy to understand but also convoluted at times with certain errors throughout the text. (Read and studied from the second edition, by the way). This is the A&P bible at my school, and there was never a day I did not depend on McKinley's divine words of enlightenment to help me through study sessions, but I sincerely hope this is the last time I lay eyes on this book for a good, long while.
I'm just A&P'd out.
But for a solid reference? This is a book you may want to have on hand. ...Even if it played a part in making me frustration-cry too many times to count.
This textbook was extremely interesting. Easy? Not at all! But only because of the sheer amount of information that it covers. There is so much information in this book that it’s daunting. But if you pace yourself through it which my A&P class did, it’s manageable. Mostly :) There are a lot of figures and tables to help illustrate the narration of how our body works and everything in it. I enjoyed the overall topic and had my favorite sections, but the whole book is a fantastic reference for anyone learning about Anatomy and Physiology.
There is a lot of information in this text. It is very in depth and the lab book and e companion site make this book worth the money. Teachers and students both like this book.