Human Physiology: The Mechanisms of Body Function

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Human Physiology: The Mechanisms of Body Function - 8th Edition

Authors: Arthur Vander and James Sherman and Dorothy Luciano

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education

PDF | 803 pages | 13,7mb | English language | ISBN 0072908017

Human Physiology is a text designed to teach the functions of the human
body from a mechanistic approach, stressing homeostasis and control
systems. The fundamental purpose of this book has remained undeniably
the same: to present the principles and facts of human physiology in a
format that is suitable for undergraduates regardless of academic
background or field of study. Human Physiology, eighth edition, carries
on the tradition of clarity and accuracy, while refining and updating
the content to meet the needs of today's instructors and students.


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Mechanistic approach. Physiology is explained as a dynamic process of
clearly defined chains of causal links. This approach prevents students
from viewing physiology as a memorizing exercise -- students must
understand causal links and processes within the context of
homeostasis. This mirrors the experience they will have in the clinical
setting.




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Chapter Sections. Most text chapters are broken down into sections
which contain their own pedagogy: key words, summaries, review
questions, thought questions. Gives more pedagogical support to
individual topics within chapters. Breaks information into smaller
functional "chunks" which are better grasped by students.




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Reviewer: *****

A very clear and concise text book with plenty of information without
being too difficult to get your head around. Quality colour pictures
along with easy to read text make it a very user friendly study
assistant.



Reviewer: **

I'm a medical student and I was recommended this book by the lecturers.
However, once I bought it I realised that it was bit of a mistake as it
is not detailed enough for the course, and there are other books which
I prefer to use which cover the same subjects in much more detail. It
is too basic for a Medical course, but I think that it would be better
for A-level or higher human biology courses at school.




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Reviewer: ****

I have used this several times as an aid to my 1st year physiology
module at university. I bought Pocock and Richards first but wished I
had got this instead. Both are good but I found this much more logical.
Its the only book I could find which properly explained the action
potential mechanism for me!!! This explains things clearly and
concisely. It has good chapter and subsection summaries as well.I did a
lot of revision from this ( 66% in my exam). I don't know if its
suitable for higher levels because I did not continue the physiology
into my 2nd year but I would recommend any one to look at this if you
need a decent text

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