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Interactive Physiology 10-System Suite

This is a series of interactive CD–ROM modules - one CD–ROM per body system - co-developed by Benjamin-Cummings and A.D.A.M. Perfect for lecture or lab, this bundle is filled with detailed graphics, animation, sound, video, and engaging quizzes to bridge the gap between simply memorising a concept and truly understanding it. The Student’s Edition contains 7 modules: Cardiovascular; Muscular; Respiratory; Urinary; Nervous (I & II); Fluids & electrolytes. The Instructor’s Edition contains all these 7 modules, plus two other CD-ROMs: Anatomy Practice (allows students to review thousands of pinned structures within hundreds of anatomical images; students can compare up to 4 images simultaneously, including illustrations, radiographs and cadaver photographs) and Instructor’s Guide (contains everything one needs to integrate the software into the classroom, from suggested course outlines to sample tests). Each interactive CD–ROM contains topics that fit the following criteria:

a. The toughest topics in the course - those topics that students find most difficult to master and teachers find difficult to teach;
b. Physiological processes that lend themselves well to multimedia - things that move, change over time, or involve correlating multiple and simultaneous events. An on-line version (IPweb) is also available.

Medium: CD-ROM. Also availible on-line.

System requirements: PC with  Mac OS X 10.4+, or Windows XP SP+ ; Browsers: Firefox 2.0+, Safari 3.0+ or Internet Explorer 6.0; Download and Recommended Hardware Requirements: latest versions of Adobe Shockwave Player, Adobe Flash Player and Adobe Reader, 1024X768 Display Resolution.

Price: US$150.00 (Student Ed. - Single User), US$739.00 (Institutional Ed. - Single User); for IPweb subscriptions see website