This concise review of human anatomy is designed for medical, dental, graduate, physician assistant/associate, physical therapy, and other health science students. It is intended primarily to help students prepare for the United States Medical Licensing Examination, the National Board Dental Examination, as well as other board examinations for students in health-related professions. It presents the essentials of human anatomy in the form of condensed descriptions and simple illustrations. The text is concisely outlined with related board-type questions following each section. An attempt has been made to include all board-relevant information without introducing a vast amount of material or entangling students in a web of details. Although this book is in summary form, it is equivalent to a standard textbook for a comprehensive study with more clinical information.
As with previous editions, the seventh edition begins with a brief introduction to the skeletal, muscular, nervous, circulatory, and organ systems. The introductory chapter is followed by chapters on regional anatomy. These include the introduction, upper limb, lower limb, thorax, abdomen, perineum and pelvis, back, and head and neck.
Anatomy forms a foundation of clinical medicine and surgery and is a visual science of human structures. Thus, the success of learning and understanding largely depends on the quality of dissection and on clear accurate illustrations. Many of the illustrations are simple schematic drawings, which are used to enhance the student's understanding of the descriptive text. A few of the illustrations are more complex, attempting to exhibit important anatomic relations. The considerable number of tables of muscles will prove particularly useful as a summary and review. In addition, the end-of-chapter summaries and summary charts for muscle innervation and action, cranial nerves, autonomic ganglia, and foramina of the skull are included in order to highlight pertinent aspects of the system.
Test questions at the end of each chapter emphasize important information and lead to a better understanding of the material. These questions also serve as a self-evaluation to help the student uncover areas of weakness. Answers and explanations are provided after the questions.
Key Features
- Ancillaries: Interactive Question Bank, Online Text with Figures, and Image Bank
- Chapter Summary sections.
- Comprehensive exam of 100 USMLE review questions and answers with explanations; total of over 550 questions in the book.
- End-of-chapter USMLE review questions and answers with explanations.
- Highlights of embryology/developmental anatomy.
- Includes introductory chapters followed by sections on regional anatomy.
- Outline format review text.
- Over 150 2-color illustrations.
- Over 200 highlighted Clinical Correlations.
- Over 25 tables, including muscle tables.
- Over 50 clinical images (MRIs, CT, etc.).
- Full-text online, question bank.
New to this edition
- NEW Full-color art program, with 10 new/redrawn illustrations and 5-10 new clinical images (CTs, MRIs, angiograms).
- NEW Cross-references and review of selected figures added to Summary sections.
- NEW Reorganization of chapters to move Chapter 7: Back to Chapter 2 after the introduction.
Contents
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Upper Limb
- 3. Lower Limb
- 4. Thorax
- 5. Abdomen
- 6. Perineum and Pelvis
- 7. Back
- 8. Head and Neck
- Comprehensive Examination
About the Authors
- Kyung Won Chung Ph.D., Distinguished Professor and Vice Chairman, David Ross Boyd Professor, Samuel Roberts Noble Presidential Professor, Director, Medical Gross Anatomy, Department of Cell Biology, College of Medicine, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA
- Harold M. Chung M.D., Assistant Professor of Medicine, Medical College of Virginia, Virginia Commonwealth University, Division of Hematology and Oncology; Director, Radioimmunotherapy Program, Richmond, Virginia, USA.
Product Details
- Paperback: 504 pages
- Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; Seventh edition (2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1605477451
- ISBN-13: 978-1605477459
- Product Dimensions: 9.9 x 7 x 0.8 inches
List Price: $43.95