Van De Graaff's Human Anatomy- Key Revision Changes

Key Revision Changes

Art Program
Approximately 25% of the illustrations will be new to this edition. The illustrations are a collaborative effort between the author and illustrator, often actually dissecting cadavers to ensure accuracy and clarity. Many illustrations have been revised for greater accuracy and clarity.
Critical Thinking Questions
New critical thinking questions are included at the end of each chapter under review activities.
Body Reference Icons
New body reference figures will appear within illustrations to provide students with a better orientation for understanding the figure. They will be predominately in the skeletal and muscle chapters.
Multimedia Tie-Ins
The textbook will be correlated with the Dynamic Human CD-ROM. A dancing man icon will appear in appropriate figure legends.
Electronic Image Bank
New to this edition will be a CD-ROM containing virtually all the art from the textbook. The CD contains an easy-to-use program that enables the user to move quickly among the images, show or hide labels, and create a multimedia presentation.
Case Studies
Interesting case studies will open each chapter and contain a photo to highlight the material.

Other Key Features:

Five icons appear throughout the text highlighting clinical, developmental, homeostasis, academic and human aging topics.
Current and most acceptable terminology.
Chapter outlines permit the reader to see at a glance how the chapter is organized and what major topics will be included.
Improved histology micrographs that will have better quality and staining techniques.
Learning objectives for a chapter section indicate the level of competency the reader should attain in order to thoroughly understand the concept.
Developmental Expositions highlight developmental anatomy at the end of each body system chapter.
Clinical applications in the form of short boxes appear throughout the text and contain information on the practical applications of the material discussed in each chapter.
The entire text has been extensively reviewed and revised to make it the most accurate anatomy textbook on the market.
Concept statements are carefully worded sentences that express the central theme of the information presented in a chapter section.
Color-coding is effectively used to promote learning. For example, the bones of the skull are color-coded so that each bone can be readily identified throughout the chapter.
Derivations of many terms are explained in footnotes that indicate their Greek or Latin derivations.