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Seeley’s Essentials of Anatomy & Physiology is designed to help students develop a solid, basic understanding of essential concepts in anatomy and physiology without an encyclopedic presentation of detail. Our goal as authors is to offer a textbook that provides enough information to allow students to understand basic concepts, and from that knowledge, make reasonable predictions and analyses. We have taken great care to select critically important information and present it in a way that maximizes understanding.

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E M P H AS I S O N C R I T I C AL T H I N K I N G

Critical thinking skills help students build a knowledge base for solving problems. An emphasis on critical thinking is integrated throughout this textbook. This approach is found in questions at the beginning of each chapter, and embedded within the narrative; in clinical material that is designed to bridge concepts explained in the text with real-life applications and scenarios; in Process Figure questions that apply physiological processes to practical situations, to promote applied understanding; in end-of-chapter questions that go beyond rote memorization; and in a visual program that presents material in understandable, relevant images. Pedagogy builds student comprehension from knowledge to application (Apply It questions, Critical Thinking questions, and Learn to Apply It Answers)

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Apply It Questions challenge students to use their understanding of new concepts to solve a problem. Answers to the questions are provided at the end of the book, allowing students to evaluate their responses and to understand the logic used to arrive at the correct answer.

Critical Thinking These innovative exercises encourage students to apply chapter concepts to solve a problem. Answering these questions helps students build a working knowledge of anatomy and physiology while developing reasoning skills. Answers are provided in Appendix D

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Clinical Emphasis—Case Studies Bring Relevance to the Reader

When problems in structure and/or function of the human body occur, this is often the best time to comprehend how the two are related. Clinical Impact boxes provide a thorough clinical education that fully supports the surrounding textual material. Systems Pathology boxes provide a modern and systems interaction approach to clinical study of the materials presented. Clinical Impact essays (placed at key points in the text) Chapter-opening clinical scenarios/vignettes Learn to Apply It and chapter Apply It questions with unique Learn to Apply It Answers Systems Pathology Boxes

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