Essentials of Human Anatomy and Physiology Laboratory Manual

This brief, hands-on lab manual is built specifically to accommodate the fast pace of one-semester A&P labs. It complements any one-semester A&P text and provides 27 concise, activity-based exercises. Each lab includes a new pre-lab quiz, learning objectives, summaries of key concepts, a variety of activities, and an integrated review sheet. The manual also includes a full-color Histology Atlas with 55 photomicrographs.

For Elaine N. Marieb, R.N., Ph.D., taking the needs of nursing and other allied health students into account has always been an integral part of her teaching style. Dr. Marieb began her teaching career at Springfield College, where she taught anatomy and physiology to physical education majors. She then joined the faculty of the Biological Science Division of Holyoke Community College in 1969 after receiving her Ph.D. in zoology from the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. While teaching at Holyoke Community College, Dr. Marieb pursued her nursing education, which culminated in a Master of Science degree with a clinical specialization in gerontology from the University of Massachusetts. This experience, along with continual feedback from health care professionals (including generations of former students taught by Dr. Marieb), has inspired the unique perspective and accessibility for which this book is known.

 

Dr. Marieb’s commitment to students extends beyond teaching and writing. Recognizing the challenges students face, Dr. Marieb contributes to the New Directions Program at Holyoke Community College by funding a staffed drop-in center and by providing several full-tuition scholarships each year for women who are returning to college after a hiatus or attending college for the first time. She also funds the E. N. Marieb Science Research Awards at Mount Holyoke College (which promotes research by undergraduate science majors) and has underwritten renovation and updating of one of the biology labs in Mount Holyoke's Clapp Laboratory. Recognizing the severe national shortage of nursing faculty, Dr. Marieb also underwrites the Nursing Scholars of the Future Grant Program at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst.

 

In 1994, Dr. Marieb received the Benefactor Award from the National Council for Resource Development, American Association of Community Colleges, which recognizes her ongoing sponsorship of student scholarships, faculty teaching awards, and other academic contributions to Holyoke Community College. In May 2000, the science building at Holyoke Community College was named in her honor.

 

Dr. Marieb is an active member of the Human Anatomy and Physiology Society (HAPS) and the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Additionally, while actively engaged as an author, Dr. Marieb serves as a consultant for the Benjamin Cummings Interactive Physiology^® CD-ROM series. This text–Essentials of Human Anatomy & Physiology Laboratory Manual, Fifth Edition–is the latest expression of her commitment to the needs of the students pursuing the study of A&P.

 

When not involved in academic pursuits, Dr. Marieb is a world traveler and has vowed to visit every country on this planet. Shorter term, she serves on the board of directors of the famed Marie Selby Botanical Gardens and on the scholarship committee of the Women’s Resources Center of Sarasota County. She is an enthusiastic supporter of the local arts and enjoys a competitive match of doubles tennis.

Unit One: Human Body and Orientation

1. The Language of Anatomy    

2. Organ Systems Overview  

 

Unit Two: The Cell

3. The Cell - Anatomy and Division    

4. Cell Membrane Transport Mechanisms  

 

Unit Three: Basic Tissues and the Skin

5. Classification of Tissues   

6. The Skin (Integumentary System)  

 

Unit Four: The Skeletal System

7. Overview of the Skeleton    

8. The Axial Skeleton 

9. The Appendicular Skeleton

10. Microscopic Anatomy and Organization of Skeletal Muscle

 

Unit Five: The Muscular System

11. Structure of Skeletal Muscle  

12. Gross Anatomy of the Muscular System   

 

Unit Six: Regulatory Systems: Neural and Endocrine

13. Neuron Anatomy and Physiology  

14. Gross Anatomy of the Brain and Cranial Nerves  

15. Spinal Cord and Spinal Nerves 

16. Human Reflex Physiology 

17. The Special Senses  

18. Funcational Anatomy of the Endocrine Glands

 

Unit Seven: The Circulatory System

19. Blood 

20. Anatomy of the Heart   

21. Anatomy of Blood Vessels  

22. Human Cardiovascular Physiology—Blood Pressure and Pulse Determinations  

 

Unit Eight: The Respiratory System

23. Anatomy of the Respiratory System  

24. Respiratory System Physiology 

 

Unit Nine: Other Major Systems

25. Functional Anatomy of the Digestive System

26. Functional Anatomy of the Urinary System

27. Anatomy of the Reproductive System