Customer Reviews

Anatomy and Physiology: From Science to Life

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I am inclined to disagree with the instructor whose post precedes mine. I would actually describe this text exactly opposite from what this instructor said, and I will describe why, and will include many other drawbacks as well.

Firstly, the book is heavily bulked up with extremely IRrelevant stories that do not even remotely qualify as case studies, and which the student can not possibly have time to read when there is a plethora of real information to be learned. This reading comes across as story time for elementary school students. There is also a very notable lack of diseases mentioned and described, although these can be found in numerous other sources anyway. Further, I do not care for the organization of the book. Some things are nicely organized in to lists or charts, while other important vocabulary, definitions, concepts, and especially pictures, which belong grouped together are spread out over multiple pages, mixed in with other text. On that note, some pictures are very poor to begin with - not properly or thoroughly representing the item. Because of these combined issues of organization and story time, this book is probably close to 100 pages longer than it needs to be, which is undesirable for an already large book.

There is a great amount of terms and info which is nowhere to be found in either the index or the glossary - this is a particularly significant problem. I have looked things up on dozens of occasions that I know are in the text, only to be unable to find it in the index or glossary. The companion book software (not the ADAM software, which is excellent), is absolutely useless - grossly lacking in detail, and missing huge areas of information.

Lastly, and most importantly, I have found a number of mistakes and contradictions in the text. this is common for any science textbook, but is especially unacceptable in an anatomy and physiology book, for numerous obvious reasons. My own professor has expressed some of these same concerns bout this book, and neither she nor the majority of the lab teaching assistants use this text for personal use.

I have earned an A in the anatomy class at a university, and did it while casting this book aside about 1/2 way through the semester. The two software programs, ADAM 4.0 & Anatomy & Physiology Revealed, in addition to lecture and lab materials, as well as the internet, should be enough to ace this class at almost any school without using this book. Use your money on a different text. Proper knowledge of health care related subjects such as A&P is too important to the student to be relying on a book with as many problems as this one has.

The only redeeming aspect of this book is that I believe that it was bundled with the ADAM software, which can be bought separately for about 50-60% the cost of the text by itself - this software is highly recommended.

I would also note that I have nothing to compare this book to, so I am judging it on its own merits.

The textbook came in new condition and included "Clinical Connections", which was not mentioned in the description so I purchased it separately and now have to deal with the hassle of returning it. Also, my class required that I have "WileyPlus", which came with the textbook in our campus bookstore. I called Amazon to see if Wiley Plus was included, and they connected me to people at Wiley who assured me that the book did include WileyPlus.

They were incorrect. The book came with a cd that allowed me to register the book on the Wiley Website, but that is different from WileyPlus - which costs about $75 from the WileyPlus website. So the great price I thought I was getting on the textbook was really not that great once I factored in the extra cost of purchasing WileyPlus.

However, if you just need the textbook, Amazon does have one of the most competitive prices on it, and it comes in perfect shape. I would recommend the textbook to any student that needs it, and if you also need WileyPlus- get it off ebay and save half the cost of purchasing it directly through Wiley's website.

This edition, has all the ingredients you need to know about the Human body and its funtions, yes is intrincate, we are complicated human beings, don't expect an easy learning.

This book was over $220 in the school bookstore, I pad less then 1/2 for it here! Not only does it seem like the previous owner neer even opened it, it is hardcover, which I am sure is more than the $220 they were asking for a softcover. this book has come in to play very extensively in this class. I am taking ver excellent care of it so that I will be able to resell it to someone else who needs it...EXCELLENT CONDITION.

Needed this book for Bio 165 class. I ordered a used book and got a brand new one. It was in great condition, and received it quickly.

Everything was perfect. Great condition. Thank you so much! Deilivery was quick too!Packaging was acceptable for books. All around great service.

This product was exactly what I needed. Before ordering from Amazon, I found this product on Ebay but I was confused because some of the listing were in paperback and/or international version? I found myself reading in great detail to select the proper text book. For a few dollars more Amazon gave me exactly what I wanted with less confusion. Good job amazon!

The product is exactly as described and arrived well before the advised ETA.

I am studying massage therapy and believe that this book will be an invaluable addition to my clinic library. A perfect reference source.

I was under the impression I was getting the cd-rom that came with the book (AS ADVERTISED) but didn't get it. And I didn't even get the registration code for WileyPlus. I chose expedited shipping and received the book after about a week. Is that expedited? When I did get the book, it was in new condition and that's what the 2 stars are for.

Gail Jenkins and Christopher Kemnitz have taken Tortora's Anatomy and Physiology in an unexpected and most welcome direction. This text emphasizes clinical physiology for allied health students with a case-study approach. Having taught many thousands of students enrolled in Human Anatomy and Physiology classes and used many different texts, I appreciate this very powerful and clinically relevant text for students on allied health tracks.