Teaching the toughest topics NEW! Build Your Knowledge sections coach students through the toughest part of A&P—physiology. These sections refer back to previously learned concepts to remind students of what they already know before introducing new information. Sections appear throughout the chapter and feature corresponding Reading Questions and Coaching Activities in Mastering A&P. NEW! Spotlight Figures provide highly visual one- and two-page presentations of tough topics in the book, with a particular focus on physiology, that combine brief text and related figures and photos to communicate information in a visually effective and student-friendly format. In the 7th Edition, there is now at least one Spotlight Figure in every chapter along with a correlating new Coaching Activity in Mastering A&P. Streamlined Clinical Notes appear within every chapter, expand upon topics just discussed, and present diseases and pathologies along with their relationship to normal function. These Clinical Notes relate directly to what students will encounter in their future careers. Award-winning art and photo program: Side-by-Side Figures provide students with multiple views of the same structure, typically pairing an artist's drawing with a cadaver or histology photograph. This approach allows students to compare the illustrator’s rendering with a photo of the actual structure as it may be seen in the laboratory or operating room. Step-by-Step Figures break down multifaceted processes into numbered step-by-step illustrations that coordinate with the authors’ narrative descriptions. Macro-to-Micro Figures help students to bridge the gap between familiar and unfamiliar structures of the body by sequencing anatomical views from whole organs or other structures to their smaller parts. A typical illustration might combine a simple orientation diagram (indicating where an organ or structure is located in the human body) with a large, vivid illustration of that organ or other structure, a corresponding cross-sectional view, and a photomicrograph. Illustration-over-Photo Figures, in addition to being visually dramatic with their 3D effects, teach realistic body proportions and structure placement. Time-saving navigation and study tools: Learning Outcomes on each chapter-opening page and under the main headings within the chapter indicate to students what they should be able to do after studying the chapter. The Learning Outcomes are coordinated by number to the chapter headings, allowing students to check their understanding by both Learning Outcomes and chapter topics. . Full-sentence chapter headings not only introduce new topics, they also state the core fact or concept that will be presented in the chapter section. These numbered chapter headings are directly correlated to the numbered Learning Outcomes found on the chapter-opening page, making it easy for students to see, navigate through, and learn the chapter content. Checkpoint questions appear at the end of each section, closing out each major topic. Each Checkpoint checks student understanding of important facts and/or concepts according to what students most need to remember from the section in the chapter. The Checkpoints reinforce the Learning Outcomes listed on the chapter-opening page, resulting in a systematic integration of the Learning Outcomes over the course of the chapter. Students can instantly compare their responses to these questions against the answers located at the back of the book. Concept Links, signaled with blue arrow icons, alert students to material that is related to, or builds upon, previous