Hole’s Essentials of Human Anatomy & Physiology 13th Edition

Book Preface

A NOTE FROM THE AUTHORS

To the Student

Welcome! As you read this (with your eyes) and understand it (with your brain), perhaps turning to the next page (with muscle actions of your fingers, hand, forearm, and arm), you are using the human body to do so. Indeed, some of you may be using your fingers, hand, forearm, and arm to read through the eBook on your computer, tablet, or smartphone. Whether you use traditional or new technology, the thirteenth edition of Hole’s Essentials of Human Anatomy & Physiology offers an interesting and readable introduction to how the human body accomplishes these tasks. The functioning of the body is not simple, and at times understanding may not seem easy, but learning how the body works is always fascinating and can be both useful and fun!

Many of you are on a path toward a career in health care, athletics, science, or education. Be sure to check out the Career Corner in every chapter. They present interesting options for future careers. Balancing family, work, and academics is challenging, but try to look at this course not as a hurdle along your way but as a stepping stone. We have written this book to help you succeed in your coursework and to help prepare you to make that journey to a successful and rewarding career.

To the Teacher

With this edition of Hole’s Essentials of Human Anatomy & Physiology, Leslie Day and Julie Pilcher are continuing to develop LearnSmart and Connect and fully integrating them with the Hole’s content. We are extremely excited that Hole’s is keeping pace with the ever-changing array of technologies available to support teaching and learning.

The Learn, Practice, Assess approach continues with this thirteenth edition. Each chapter opens with Learning Outcomes, contains many opportunities to Practice throughout, and closes with Assessments that are closely tied to the Learning Outcomes. Students can use this feature not only to focus their study efforts, but also to take an active role in monitoring their own progress toward mastering the material. All of these resources are described in more detail in the Chapter Preview/ Foundations for Success beginning on page 1.