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Improved Art- The effectiveness of the art has been improved in several ways in this edition with the overall goal of clarifying the teaching point of each revised illustration.

New information applicable to the discipline has been researched and included where appropriate.

Factual data has been checked and updated, or corrected, if necessary.

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Homeostasis Figures have been markedly improved by adding visual representations of key anatomical references and simplifying the arrows and text. A "Start Here" icon and color-coded arrows make it easier to follow the events occurring when a variable increases or decreases. These simplified flow charts succinctly map out key homeostatic events, giving students a quick and effective summary of the mechanisms described in the text.

The Process Figures have been fine-tuned by adding numbered circles to the explanations within the art, allowing students to make easier correlations to each important step within the illustration. Process Figures provide well-organized, self-contained visual explanations of how physiological mechanisms work. They help students learn physiological processes by combining illustrations with parallel descriptions of the major features of each process.

Numerous changes to improve consistency and clarification were also made to art pieces.

"Diseases and Disorders" Tables – Short, beneficial descriptions of various system disorders can now be found in an easy-to-use table placed conveniently in appropriate chapters. Clinical material like these tables is a hallmark of this text, and combined with the "Case in Point" boxes, the "Clinical Impact" readings, the "Systems Pathology" material, and the unique "Predict" questions, helps students bridge the two worlds of academia and their future allied health careers.

Refined and Updated Textual Copy- The authors have used their own, and read other's, research and papers to stay on top of new discoveries relevant to the field of anatomy and physiology. They've also used reviews from instructors who teach the course to keep in touch with the various challenges facing professors today. Finally, a developmental copyeditor was brought into the early stages of the revision to ensure the quality, accuracy, and consistency of the text. Some examples of this attention to detail follow:

Many explanations have been rewritten or expanded to make topics easier for students to understand.

By using examples students can relate to, many explanations have been made clearer.

Terminology has been made more consistent throughout both the text and the illustrations.