Coloring Atlas of the Human Body
provides a comprehensive overview of human anatomy and physiology for
visually oriented and kinesthetic learners. This atlas is not a
traditional textbook; it requires active input from the reader. By
coloring a series of spe-cially designed diagrams and the accompanying
flashcards, students will learn and re- ember concepts much more
effectively than with traditional textbooks alone. The completed
coloring exercises and flashcards can also serve as tools to review and
pre-pare for examinations. This book is particularly suited to students
taking their first 3-credit course in anatomy and physiology. Coloring
Atlas of the Human Body is a valuable supplement to any anatomy and
physiology text, but can also serve as a stand-alone text.
Why Color?
Coloring is an excellent way to learn about the structure (anatomy) and
function (physi-ology) of the human body. Anatomy, by its nature, is
learned primarily by memorization. Coloring helps students remember
because they must pay attention to detail, visualize structures, and
physically feel the relationship between different structures as they
color. Physiology builds upon anatomical knowledge by explaining how
structures ac-complish particular tasks. Learning physiology requires
some memorization, which is fa-cilitated by the coloring process, but it
also requires an additional level of conceptual un-derstanding. Complex
pathways and principles must be broken down into component parts and
subsequently reassembled and related to other pathways. Students using
the Coloring Atlas of the Human Body approach will deepen their
understanding of physiol-ogy because they can visualize the
participation of structures and components in the pathway. Moreover, the
necessity of coloring one section of a diagram at a time helps students
to break the path ways into their component parts. Once a pathway is
under-stood as a function of its parts and as a whole, its relevance to
disease can also be un-derstood.
Best of all, coloring is fun for students—a welcome distraction from
more static studying activities such as reading and memorizing!
Organization
Coloring Atlas of the Human Body follows the systems approach favored by
traditional anatomy and physiology textbooks, so it can be used with
any such book. The first chap-ter summarizes fundamental concepts in
anatomy, cell biology, and histology. Students will find it useful to
complete these exercises before proceeding with the rest of the book.
Subsequent chapters deal with the anatomy and physiology of different
body systems, and need not be completed in order.
Some chapters also discuss selected aspects of disease. Sometimes,
the normal functioning of a system can be best understood by studying
the problems caused by disease. The effects of insuli n, for example,
are brought to life by learning about dia-betes mellitus.
Each exercise contains two parts: a narrative page and a figure page.
The narrative page summarizes critical information using bulleted
lists, tables, and flowcharts, and di-rects the reader to the matching
flashcards (if any) in Appendix I. As students read through the
narrative, they will be asked to color in relevant structure names and
the
structures themselves on the diagram on the facing page. The action of
coloring thestructure name and the structure will help students remember
the spelling and location of the structure. In addition, the completed
diagram will serve as a useful reference and review tool, since it will
be easy to match different structures to the different terms.
Flashcards
Some coloring exercises cover content students often have trouble
remembering. These exercises have accompanying flashcards that can be
found at the back of the book in Appendix I. The front of each flashcard
features a magnified view of a section of the coloring exercise figure
with up to 15 labeled structures, with the names of thestructures
featured on the back. Students can rip out flashcards that accompany a
particular exercise and color them in conjunction with the larger
figure, using the same color scheme. In addition to the extra
reinforcement that coloring the flashcards pro-vides, students benefit
from being able to use the colored-in flashcards anywhere—on the bus or
walking to class—as a portable study tool for review and self-testing.
Additional Student Resources
For students who have purchased the book, Coloring Atlas of the Human
Body also includes two bonus Coloring Exercises as well as helpful study
tips, available on the companion website at
www.thepoint.com/HullColoringAtlas. See the inside front cover of this
text for more details, including the passcode you will need to gain
access to the website.
In short, the Coloring Atlas of the Human Body provides an essential
learning pack-age for today’s visually oriented students. It integrates
two popular and effective learn-ing tools—coloring guides and
flashcards—to help students learn challenging concepts and evaluate
their progress.
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