Human Anatomy, Color Atlas and Textbook , 6th Edition

Description

The new edition of this well-known hybrid anatomy core text and atlas superbly depicts and describes the human body, so you can identify anatomical structures with confidence and have a clear understanding of the core anatomy you need. Now fully revised and updated, it is the only textbook and atlas of gross anatomy that illustrates all structures using high-quality dissection photographs AND clearly labelled line drawings for each photograph. This is combined with concise yet thorough text to support and explain all key human anatomy and clearly relate it to clinical practice. The complete, downloadable eBook (via Student Consult), enhanced with interactive self-assessment material, completes this superb, comprehensive resource.

It will be particularly relevant to medical and dental students, as well as candidates preparing for higher surgical specialties and radiology. It will also be an invaluable, accessible guide for students in other professions where anatomy is an important component of the course.

Reviews

2017 BMA Awards: First Prize, Basic and Clinical Sciences

Key Features

• High quality, richly coloured dissection photographs show structures most likely to be seen and tested in the lab – helps you recognize and interpret gross specimens accurately
• Interpretive line drawings next to every photograph, with consistent colour-coding – helps you clearly identify structures and differentiate fat, muscle, ligament, etc.
• 'Clinical Skills' pages and new highlighting of the most clinically relevant text helps readers quickly understand how to apply knowledge of gross anatomy to the clinical setting
• New photographs reflect the latest imaging techniques as seen in current practice
• This book comes with the complete, downloadable eBook via STUDENT CONSULT– enhanced with new interactive self-assessment material to check understanding and aid exam preparation

New to this Edition

High quality, richly coloured dissection photographs show structures most likely to be seen and tested in the lab – helps you recognize and interpret gross specimens accurately

Interpretive line drawings next to every photograph, with consistent colour-coding – helps you clearly identify structures and differentiate fat, muscle, ligament, etc.

'Clinical Skills' pages and new highlighting of the most clinically relevant text helps readers quickly understand how to apply knowledge of gross anatomy to the clinical setting

New photographs reflect the latest imaging techniques as seen in current practice

This book comes with the complete, downloadable eBook via STUDENT CONSULT – enhanced with new interactive self-assessment material to check understanding and aid exam preparation

Companion Products

• Human Anatomy, Color Atlas and Textbook, 6th Edition
• Human Anatomy, Color Atlas and Textbook E-Book, 6th Edition : Human Anatomy, Color Atlas and Textbook E-Book

Author Information

By John A. Gosling, MD, MB, ChB, FRCS, Professor of Anatomy, Stanford University, USA; Philip F. Harris, MD, MB, ChB, MSc, Emeritus Professor of Anatomy, University of Manchester, UK; John R. Humpherson, MB, ChB, Formerly Senior Lecturer in Anatomy, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester, UK; Ian Whitmore, MD, MB, BS, LRCP, MRCS, Professor of Anatomy, Stanford University, USA and Peter L. T. Willan, MB, ChB, FRCS, Formerly Professor of Anatomy, University of UAE, Al-Ain, United Arab Emirates