When a student begins their educational journey to become a nurse, most assume no prior science knowledge beyond the fundamentals they gained during their high school education. Hole’s Anatomy & Physiology (14th edition), a textbook for the introductory level student, assumes no previous knowledge of any science course and places emphasis on the fundamentals of human anatomy and physiology. The authors David Shier, Jackie Butler, and Ricki Lewis bring forth extensive knowledge through years of experience. Shier, who’s interest in physiology and teaching began as an assistant at Harvard medical school, completed his Ph.D. and has over 30 years of experience teaching anatomy and physiology. Butler’s background began with years of conducting genetics
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Included in this section are illustrations of the major organs as well as cadaver photos (p.38-56), which help tremendously in the understanding of organization in the human body. The second unit titled “Support and Movement” begins at 6 and discusses systems responsible for making mobility and support possible. These systems include the integumentary system (skin and accessories), the skeletal system, joints, and the muscular system. In the third unit Shier, Butler, and Lewis present information regarding the nervous system’s structure, function, divisions, and senses. It also presents information pertaining to the endocrine system in a unit titled “Integration and Coordination.” In unit four, titled “Transport” the authors present the systems within the body, such as the cardiovascular system, lymphatic system, and blood that allow means of transport between the different, complex systems of the human body. Shier, Butler, and Lewis aid the reader in unit five, titled “Absorption and Excretion” in the understanding of the digestive system, the respiratory system, nutrition and metabolism, the urinary system, and water, electrolyte, and acid-base balance within the body. The very last unit titled “The Human Life Cycle” contains three chapters that discuss the reproductive system, pregnancy, growth and development of human life, as well as genetics and genomics and how they play a role in such things as inheritance, disorders, and
Included in this section are illustrations of the major organs as well as cadaver photos (p.38-56), which help tremendously in the understanding of organization in the human body. The second unit titled “Support and Movement” begins at 6 and discusses systems responsible for making mobility and support possible. These systems include the integumentary system (skin and accessories), the skeletal system, joints, and the muscular system. In the third unit Shier, Butler, and Lewis present information regarding the nervous system’s structure, function, divisions, and senses. It also presents information pertaining to the endocrine system in a unit titled “Integration and Coordination.” In unit four, titled “Transport” the authors present the systems within the body, such as the cardiovascular system, lymphatic system, and blood that allow means of transport between the different, complex systems of the human body. Shier, Butler, and Lewis aid the reader in unit five, titled “Absorption and Excretion” in the understanding of the digestive system, the respiratory system, nutrition and metabolism, the urinary system, and water, electrolyte, and acid-base balance within the body. The very last unit titled “The Human Life Cycle” contains three chapters that discuss the reproductive system, pregnancy, growth and development of human life, as well as genetics and genomics and how they play a role in such things as inheritance, disorders, and