Ross and Wilson has been a core text for students of
anatomy and physiology for over 50 years. This latest
edition continues to be aimed at healthcare professionals
including nurses, students of nursing, the allied health
professions and complementary therapies, paramedics
and ambulance technicians, many of whom have found
previous editions invaluable. It retains the straightforward approach to the description of body systems and
how they work. The anatomy and physiology of health is
supplemented by new sections describing common
age-related changes to structure and function, before
considering the pathology and pathophysiology of some
important disorders and diseases.

The human body is presented system by system. The
reader must, however, remember that physiology is an
integrated subject and that, although the systems are considered in separate chapters, all function cooperatively to
maintain health. The first three chapters provide an overview of the body and describe its main structures.