Anatomy and Physiology by OpenStax PDF Textbook

This textbook was written to increase student access to high-quality learning materials, maintaining highest standards of academic rigor at little to no cost.

The units of our Anatomy and Physiology textbook adhere to the scope and sequence followed by most two-semester courses nationwide. The development choices for this textbook were made with the guidance of hundreds of faculty who are deeply involved in teaching this course. These choices led to innovations in art, terminology, career orientation, practical applications, and multimedia-based learning, all with a goal of increasing relevance to students. We strove to make the discipline meaningful and memorable to students, so that they can draw from it a working knowledge that will enrich their future studies. (Anatomy and Physiology by OpenStax; Brandon Poe, Dean H. Kruse, Eddie Johnson, J. Gordon Betts, James A. Wise, Jody E. Johnson, Kelly A. Young, Mark Womble, Oksana Korol, Peter DeSaix; XanEdu Publishing [2013]; Preface: Page 1)