Key Message: With 30 exercises covering all body systems, a clear, engaging writing style, and full color illustrations, this updated edition offers students everything needed for a successful lab experience. The Review Sheets, previously found at the end of the lab manual, are now conveniently integrated to follow each exercise. This lab manual features 24 brand new cat dissection photos. The lab manual also has an accompanying Instructor's Guide.Key Topics: Human Body: An Orientation; The Microscope and Its Uses: The Microscope, The Cell -- Anatomy and Division; Histology: Basic Tissues of the Body; Classification of Tissue; The Integumentary System and Body Membranes; The Integumentary System; Classification of Body Membranes; The Skeletal System; Overview of the Skeleton: Classification and Structure of Bones and Cartilages; The Axial Skeleton; The Appendicular Skeleton; The Fetal Skeleton; Articulations and Body Movements; The Muscular System; Microscopic Anatomy, Organization, and Classification of Skeletal Muscle; Gross Anatomy of the Muscular System; The Nervous System; Histology of Nervous Tissue; Gross Anatomy of the Brain and Cranial Nerves; Spinal Cord, Spinal Nerves, and the Autonomic Nervous System; Special Senses: Vision; Special Senses: Hearing and Equilibrium; Histology Atlas; Special Senses: Olfaction and Taste; The Endocrine System; Functional Anatomy of the Endocrine Glands; The Circulatory System; Blood; Anatomy of the Heart; Anatomy of the Blood Vessels; The Lymphatic System; The Respiratory System; Anatomy of the Respiratory System; The Digestive System; Anatomy of the Digestive System; The UrinarySystem; Anatomy of the Urinary System of the Cat; The Reproductive System; Anatomy of the Reproductive System; Surface Anatomy; Surface Anatomy RoundupMarket: For all readers interested in anatomy and physiology. More Reviews and Recommendations

Elaine N. Marieb began her teaching career at Springfield College, where she taught A&P to physical education majors.  She then joined the faculty of the Biological Science Division of Holyoke Community College with a Ph.D. in zoology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. As a result of her contact with her students at Holyoke Community College, many of whom were pursuing degrees in nursing, she developed a desire to better understand the relationship between the scientific study of the human body and the clinical aspects of nursing practice.  Still teaching full-time, Dr. Marieb pursued her nursing education, which culminated in a Master of Science degree with a clinical specialization in gerontology from the University of Massachusetts.  It is this experience, along with stories from the field–including those of former students now in health careers–that has informed the development of the unique perspective and accessibility for which her texts and laboratory manuals are known.

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