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.
Organization
As with previous editions, the sixth 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.
Features of the New Edition
Expanded and Updated Clinical Correlations
Clinical correlations emphasize the clinical importance of anatomic knowledge by relating basic anatomy to actual clinical practice. They are designed to challenge the student, enhance genuine understanding of anatomy, and encourage assimilation of information. The clinical correlations are set in boxes and placed at relevant locations in the text. They are designated by two Cs (cc), followed by the box number. Many cc boxes have been combined or regrouped.
End-of-Chapter Summaries
These summaries help students review essential information quickly and reinforce key concepts.
Development Checks [check mark]
These highlight the most important embryologic concepts in an effective, logical, and understandable way.
Review Test
The chapter review tests consist of questions and answers that reflect the guidelines set forth by the National Board of Medical Examiners. The questions reinforce the key information and test basic anatomic knowledge and the students' ability to interpret their observations and solve clinical problems. Therefore, clinically oriented questions and applications have been significantly increased because their fundamental utility is based on the relationship of anatomy to clinical medicine. Many test questions have been rewritten. They are centered around a clinical situation that requires in-depth anatomic knowledge and problem-solving skills. Rationales are provided for correct and incorrect answers.
The Comprehensive Examination
The examination is placed at the end of the book. It can be used for review of a particular topic or as a self-assessment tool in preparation for the actual Board examination.
The Illustration Program
Illustrations play a critical role in helping students visualize anatomic structures and help identify their functional and clinical characteristics. Some illustrations have been rearranged or redrawn, and new ones have been added. In addition, a second color was added. The new two-color art program promotes recall, clarifies difficult concepts, and enhances understanding. More radiograms, angiograms, computed tomograms, and magnetic resonance images are included in the text and in the review test section to aid in the study of anatomic structures and their relationships.
It is the authors' intention to invite feedback, constructive criticisms, and valuable suggestions from students and colleagues who choose this book as an aid to learning and teaching basic and clinical anatomy.
Book Details
Organization
As with previous editions, the sixth 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.
Features of the New Edition
Expanded and Updated Clinical Correlations
Clinical correlations emphasize the clinical importance of anatomic knowledge by relating basic anatomy to actual clinical practice. They are designed to challenge the student, enhance genuine understanding of anatomy, and encourage assimilation of information. The clinical correlations are set in boxes and placed at relevant locations in the text. They are designated by two Cs (cc), followed by the box number. Many cc boxes have been combined or regrouped.
End-of-Chapter Summaries
These summaries help students review essential information quickly and reinforce key concepts.
Development Checks [check mark]
These highlight the most important embryologic concepts in an effective, logical, and understandable way.
Review Test
The chapter review tests consist of questions and answers that reflect the guidelines set forth by the National Board of Medical Examiners. The questions reinforce the key information and test basic anatomic knowledge and the students' ability to interpret their observations and solve clinical problems. Therefore, clinically oriented questions and applications have been significantly increased because their fundamental utility is based on the relationship of anatomy to clinical medicine. Many test questions have been rewritten. They are centered around a clinical situation that requires in-depth anatomic knowledge and problem-solving skills. Rationales are provided for correct and incorrect answers.
The Comprehensive Examination
The examination is placed at the end of the book. It can be used for review of a particular topic or as a self-assessment tool in preparation for the actual Board examination.
The Illustration Program
Illustrations play a critical role in helping students visualize anatomic structures and help identify their functional and clinical characteristics. Some illustrations have been rearranged or redrawn, and new ones have been added. In addition, a second color was added. The new two-color art program promotes recall, clarifies difficult concepts, and enhances understanding. More radiograms, angiograms, computed tomograms, and magnetic resonance images are included in the text and in the review test section to aid in the study of anatomic structures and their relationships.
It is the authors' intention to invite feedback, constructive criticisms, and valuable suggestions from students and colleagues who choose this book as an aid to learning and teaching basic and clinical anatomy.
Book Details
- Authors: Kyung Won Chung, Harold M Chung
- Paperback: 544 pages
- Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins; 6 edition (September 1, 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0781771749
- ISBN-13: 9780781771740