Frederic (“Ric”) Martini, now joined by accomplished educator and award-winning teacher Judi Nath as his new co-author, builds on his best-selling text by making the Eighth Edition the most student-focused and the easiest to use of all editions yet published. Student-focused elements include new chapter-opening Learning Outcomes, new sentence-style chapter headings that not only introduce new topics but also teach, and a new and simple Tips & Tricks feature that gives students easy analogies and mnemonic devices to help them remember information. The award-winning art program has been enhanced with more deeply contrasting colors and more dimensionality. 

Every student book is automatically packaged with Martini’s Atlas of the Human Body, the Interactive Physiology^® (IP) 10-System Suite CD-ROM (including the brand-new and eagerly-awaited 10^th module on the Immune System), and access to the dramatically upgraded myA&P^™ companion website. Convenient references in the chapters of the book to the Atlas, IP-10, and myA&P help students seamlessly integrate each component into their study routine. In addition to IP-10 and myA&P, the enhanced media offerings for this edition include the new 3D Anatomy Animations with Gradable Quizzes, the new 3D Animations of Origins, Insertions, Actions, and Innervations with Gradable Quizzes, and Media Manager 2.1 featuring an easy-to-use “shopping cart” feature. The Practice Anatomy Lab (PAL^™)  2.0 media program that was immediately embraced by students and instructors upon its publication is available as an optional priced package item. 

Table of Contents

1. An Introduction to Anatomy and Physiology

2. The Chemical Level of Organization

3. The Cellular Level of Organization

4. The Tissue Level of Organization

5. The Integumentary System

6. Osseous Tissue and Bone Structure

7. The Axial Skeleton

8. The Appendicular Skeleton

9. Articulations

10. Muscle Tissue

11. The Muscular System

12. Neural Tissue

13.The Spinal Cord, Spinal Nerves, and Spinal Reflexes

14.  The Brain and Cranial Nerves

15. Neural Integration I:  Sensory Pathways and the Somatic Nervous System

16. Neural Integration II:  The Autonomic Nervous System and Higher-Order Functions

17. The Special Senses

18. The Endocrine System

19. Blood

20. The Heart

21. Blood Vessels and Circulation

22. The Lymphoid System and Immunity

23. The Respiratory System

24. The Digestive System

25. Metabolism and Energetics

26. The Urinary System

27. Fluid, Electrolyte, and Acid-Base Balance

28. The Reproductive System

29. Development and Inheritance