Feature: Objectives have been replaced entirely by greatly enhanced in-chapter review questions at ends of each section.

Feature: Anatomical art now included labeled views and direction labels as needed.

Feature: Anatomical art has been upsized.

Feature: Clinical Connections are integrated at the end of several chapters to "pull the concepts together." The short vignettes help students make a vital real-life connection to the chapter material.
Benefit: Helps bring concept to life with "real life" examples.
Probe: Do you like to integrate clinical examples in your teaching? Does it help students to learn about real life situations they may encounter in their future careers?

Feature: "Facts of Life" tidbits have been sprinkled throughout the text to provide students with interesting factoids related to the study of anatomy & physiology. These briefs are fun bits of A&P information designed to add a touch of wonder to chapter topics and concepts.
Benefit: Adds flavor to the narrative with brief interesting tidbits that add interest to the reading.
Probe: Do your students sometimes find it hard to maintain interest when reading the textbook? Would it be helpful to offer them interesting tidbits to help them apply and think about what they've read?

Feature: "Check Your Recall" Review Questions: This edition offers review questions at the end of each major section in the chapter so students can check their understanding of the material just covered.
Benefit: Offers additional review and practice opportunities closer to where they belong in the text.

Feature: Web Connections: This end-of-chapter feature directs students to the Online Learning Center, which hosts helpful resources that will promote greater understanding of the chapter content.
Benefit: Helps students identify additional web resources to help them master chapter content.

Feature: Chapter Opening Vignettes immediately reveal the relevance of the material covered in the upcoming chapter. Vividly applying chapter principles, the vignettes may be familiar from recent news reports, others introduce new individuals, and still others may suggest possible careers. Several new chapter-opening vignettes can be found in this edition.
Benefit: Add interest for students.

Feature: Review Exercises & Critical Thinking Questions: The end-of-chapter review exercises have been updated to help students check their understanding of the main ideas in the chapter. Critical thinking questions encourage students to apply information to clinical situations.
Benefit: Offers additional review material and clinical coverage.

Feature: Digital Content Manager: This dynamic Instructor's tool includes all line art and most photos from the text. It also includes all of the tables in the text, PLUS an Active Art Library, Animations Library, PowerPoint Lectures, Black & White art (great for handouts), Labeled and Unlabeled Art, and much more!
Benefit: The most comprehensive, easy-to-use instructor tool in the A&P market.

Feature: The art program ensures color and style consistency throughout the text.
Benefit: The new art provides a more modern, realistic look to this already best-selling book at its level.
Probe: Are your students visual learners? Is a high quality art program important?

Feature: Key Term Pronunciation Keys within the text. The key terms are boldfaced, defined within the chapter, and followed again by pronunciations when the term is first introduced in the text.
Benefit: Helps students master the language of A&P.
Probe: Do your students struggle with all the new terminology in this course? Would it be helpful to have a pedagogical tool in the text to assist them with mastery of key terms?

Feature: Active Art - The 9th edition will again offer Active Art files (files from key figures of a textbook that have been converted to a format that allows the artwork to be edited and altered layer by layer) for about 50 key figures in the text. Each piece of art can be broken down to its core elements, grouped or ungrouped, and edited to create customized illustrations.
Benefit: Gives instructors total flexibility to create dynamic classroom presentations utilizing art in the text.
Probe: Would you like to use the art in the text to create dynamic classroom presentations by breaking down complex process figures into logical steps? Would you like us to provide you with complete files that you don't have to do anything with to use in your classroom today?