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Nonfiction · Reference · Science · Health & Medicine
About 26 h · at 30 minutes a day, about 52 days
Estimated from the page count of this edition. Dense books can take longer than the estimate.
A college anatomy and physiology textbook, Principles of Anatomy and Physiology explains how the body's structures perform their functions and work together to maintain stable internal conditions. Gerard J. Tortora and Bryan H. Derrickson begin with chemistry, cells, and tissues before moving through the major organ systems, metabolism, fluid regulation, reproduction, and inheritance. Clinical examples connect normal processes with the changes that occur in disease.
Detailed diagrams and review questions support close, methodical study. The coverage spans a two-semester course, with substantial terminology to learn and processes to work through; its pace and organization reflect the demands of classroom study.
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College students studying anatomy and physiology across a two-semester course. The academic, technical coverage and measured pace suit sustained classroom study, with detailed diagrams and review questions supporting close work on body structures and processes.
Yes, the prose is dense and technical, with substantial terminology to learn and physiological processes to work through. The organization starts with chemistry, cells, and tissues before moving through the major organ systems.
Work through the foundational coverage of chemistry, cells, and tissues before moving into the organ systems. Use the detailed diagrams and review questions for close, methodical study of how structures perform their functions and work together.
Yes, clinical examples connect normal bodily processes with changes that occur in disease. The coverage explains how body structures function together to maintain stable internal conditions, providing a foundation for those comparisons.
About 1296 pages in the Wiley 2020 edition.
Wiley · 2020 · Loose-leaf. ISBN 9781119662792.
About 26 hours at 50 pages an hour, based on the 1,296-page Wiley edition. Dense books can take longer.
Gerard J. Tortora writes foundational textbooks in microbiology, anatomy, and physiology for students preparing to use science in clinical and other practical settings. His method is cumulative and highly structured. He moves from cells, tissues, and basic processes toward organ systems, disease, immunity, and treatment, using illustrations, case studies, questions, and exercises to reinforce the connections. Microbiology links microbial structure, metabolism, and genetics to human health and environmental concerns. Principles of Anatomy & Physiology similarly treats the body as an interacting system, pairing anatomical terminology with clinical applications and research relevant to patient care.
Bryan H. Derrickson is a biology professor and physiology specialist who writes textbooks designed to connect detailed processes with the behavior of whole body systems. His solo Human Physiology is organized around homeostasis, mechanisms of action, communication, and integration, recurring principles that keep the exposition from becoming a sequence of disconnected facts. Direct explanations are paired with illustrations, graphs, and clinical examples, while scenarios, research data, and equations ask readers to apply what they have learned. In Principles of Anatomy and Physiology, coauthored with Gerard J. Tortora, Derrickson broadens this method to the relationship between bodily structure and function, carrying the discussion from basic organization toward everyday and healthcare applications.
Fred N. Kerlinger, Howard B. Lee
Reference · Science · Knowledge and truth
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