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The exercises in this manual have been carefully refined and updated to keep pace with changes in laboratory technology,computer-assisted instruction,biohazard health concerns,and vendor supply sources. The manual is self-contained,so that students can prepare for the laboratory exercises and quizzes without having to refer to the textbook. Many of the exercises reinforce topics covered in a human physiology course. These exercises have been classroom tested for a number of years.
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Fox: Human Physiology Lab Manual, Ninth Edition
Front Matter
Preface
© The McGraw−Hill Companies, 2002
Preface The ninth edition, like the previous editions, is a standalone human physiology manual that can be used in conjunction with any human physiology textbook. It includes a wide variety of exercises that support most areas covered in a human physiology course, allowing instructors the flexibility to choose those exercises best suited to meet their particular instructional goals. Background information that is needed to understand the principles and significance of each exercise is presented in a concise manner, so that little or no support is needed from the lecture text. However, lecture and laboratory segments of a human physiology course are most effectively wedded when they cover topics in a similar manner and sequence. Thus, this laboratory guide is best used in conjunction with the textbook Human Physiology, seventh edition, by Stuart Ira Fox (McGraw-Hill, © 2002). The laboratory experiences provided by this guide allow students to become familiar—in an intimate way that cannot be achieved by lecture and text alone—with many fundamental concepts of physiology. In addition to providing hands-on experience in applying physiological concepts, the laboratory sessions allow students to interact with the subject matter, with other students, a