This dynamic educational CD-ROM package contains eight modules, the Anatomy Practice interactive library of images, and a customizable Instructor’s Guide, including suggested course outlines and sample tests.

Co-developed with science publisher Benjamin Cummings, A.D.A.M. Interactive Physiology offers a robust means of learning difficult physiological concepts and processes. Each module is richly detailed with graphics, animation, sound, video, interactive quizzes, and simulations of physiological processes, to bridge the gap between mere memorization and true understanding. Ideal for lecture groups, labs, or learning centers, this package is also recommended for AP biology classes.

This module presents information that relates to heart and blood vessel physiology. Topics covered include:

• anatomy review: the heart

• intrinsic conduction system

• cardiac action potential

• cardiac cycle

• cardiac output

• anatomy review: blood vessel structure and function

• measuring blood pressure

• factors that affect blood pressure

• blood pressure regulation

• autoregulation and capillary dynamics

This module reveals the structure and function of muscles through detailed illustrations at the gross and the cellular levels. Topics covered include:

• anatomy review: skeletal muscle tissue

• the neuromuscular junction

• sliding filament theory

• muscle metabolism

• contraction of motor units

• contraction of whole muscle

This module demonstrates the operation of respiration at both the macroscopic and microscopic levels. Topics covered include:

• anatomy review: respiratory structures

• pulmonary ventilation

• gas exchange

• gas transport

• control of respiration

This module provides information on neurons, the resting membrane potential, and generation and propagation of the action potential. Topics covered include:

• anatomy review

• voltage-gated ion channels

• membrane potential

• action potential

This module focuses on synaptic potentials and transmission. Topics covered include:

• anatomy review: synapses

• chemically gated ion channels

• synaptic transmission

• synaptic potentials and cellular integration

This module illustrates the structure and function of the urinary system with precise images. Topics covered include:

• anatomy review

• glomerular filtration

• early filtrate processing

• late filtrate processing

This module describes the functions of fluids, electrolytes, acids, and bases by using animations and graphics to emphasize the processes that assist the body in maintaining homeostasis. Topics covered include:

• introduction to body fluids

• water homeostasis

• electrolyte homeostasis

• acid/base homeostasis

This module addresses the structure and function of the endocrine system. Topics covered include:

• anatomy review

• biochemistry, secretion, and transport of hormones

• the actions of hormones on target cells

• the hypothalamic/pituitary axis

• response to stress

This interactive image library contains thousands of pinned structures. Features include:

• simultaneous viewing of up to four illustrations, radiographs, and cadaver photos at a time

• customizable self-tests that draw on a database of more than 14,000 identification questions and over 700 objective questions

• a note function, which allows students to attach comments directly to any image

• a print function for images and associated notes

Can be used with both Windows and Macintosh.