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Kevins Textbooks

Kevin’s A&P TextbooksLearning Tools from a Trusted Colleague

Want to know more about the anatomy and physiology textbooks that our team has produced for use in your A&P courses? Check out the entries below, then take a look at the advice at Textbook Choices to see how to determine of any of these are a “best fit” for your course.

Features they share

Chunked into short chapters and sections within chapters for better student learning and reading comprehension.

Heavily illustrated with an attractive, inclusive art program, colorful micrographs, pathology photos and medical images, all in consistent styles and color coding.

Comprehensive chapter word lists that provide pronunciation guides (including online audio pronunciations), plus dissection and translation of word parts to promote easy familiarity with scientific terminology.

Unique”virtual dissection” overlay system inserted into each book gives students a layer-by-layer, 3-dimensional perspective on structural relationships within the human body. The Clear View of the Human Body includes both the classic anterior view and the informative posterior view of organ relationships. A modern version of an anatomy classic!

Chapter questions at multiple levels of Bloom’s taxonomy.

Free online resources, including expanded articles on interesting subjects and integrative topics.

Language-learner (ESL/ELL) friendly, including a comprehensive glossary with pronunciation guides.

Inclusive and diverse content and language, including an increasingly diverse representation in illustrations, examples, and mentions of scientists and practitioners.

Published and supported by Elsevier Publishing, a world leader in medical, nursing, and health publishing.

Patton A&P 11e text book cover

Anatomy & Physiology

For the comprehensive two-semester A&P sequence, this readable text in a conversational style features the most up-to-date and inclusive content of any A&P textbook. This textbook also incorporates many embedded study tools and instructional design elements based on the best evidence of learning science.

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Patton Structure & Function of the Body 16e text book cover

Structure & Function of the Body

A classic textbook of the basics of human anatomy and physiology that is ideal for a one-semester introductory course for many of the health careers. Containing updated concepts and learning strategies, this book focuses on the essential ideas and facts that a beginning student needs for a solid start in learning a health career. It includes many clinical examples and disease concepts, but for broader coverage of pathophysiology, check out The Human Body in Health & Disease.

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Browse Kevin’s blog that explains the features—and includes notes from the author.

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Patton The Human Body in Health & Disease 8e book cover

The Human Body in Health & Disease

An extended version of Structure & Function of the Body that also includes concepts of pathophysiology integrated with basic anatomy and physiology. Unlike some others, which seem to drop individual disease coverage in here and there, this textbook takes great care in presenting the patterns of disease mechanisms that help students understand the individual disorders more clearly and more deeply. The expanded illustration program includes many pathology photos that bring the text narrative to life. The latest edition features the most inclusive approach to content, language, and illustrations yet!

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Request a free examination copy.

Browse Kevin’s blog that explains the features—and includes notes from the author.

Check it out at the bookstore!

Disclaimer

TAA badgeI guess you could call this page self-serving because I seem to be promoting products for which I get paid. Yep, that’s what I’m doing.

But my primary purpose in writing textbooks and telling you about them here is not to make money—although that sure helps me pay the bills and feed my family. My primary purpose is to help teachers teach and to help learners learn—and if my books are a good fit for you, I want you to get to know them. If they don’t fit, then please try one of the other fine A&P textbooks out there.

By the way, I also make money from teaching—perhaps just like you do—and I’m not shy about promoting my courses, my program, and my colleges, either!

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Last updated: July 7, 2022 at 16:51 pm

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