Features

Features an easier way to learn and understand human gross anatomy
Combines state-of-the-art knowledge about human anatomy, evolution, development, and pathology in one book
Includes anatomical illustrations similar to those in human anatomical atlases but which do not overwhelm students with visual information
Reduces the requirement that students simply memorize anatomy
Summary

Understanding Human Anatomy and Pathology: An Evolutionary and Developmental Guide for Medical Students provides medical students with a much easier and more comprehensive way to learn and understand human gross anatomy by combining state-of-the-art knowledge about human anatomy, evolution, development, and pathology in one book.

The book adds evolutionary, pathological, and developmental information in a way that reduces the difficulty and total time spent learning gross anatomy by making learning more logical and systematic. It also synthesizes data that would normally be available for students only by consulting several books at a time.

Anatomical illustrations are carefully selected to follow the style of those seen in human anatomical atlases but are simpler in their overall configuration, making them easier to understand without overwhelming students with visual information. The book's organization is also more versatile than most human anatomy texts so that students can refer to different sections according to their own learning styles.

Because it is relatively short in length and easily transportable, students can take this invaluable book anywhere and use it to understand most of the structures they need to learn for any gross anatomy course.

Table of Contents

About the Book

Introduction
Conserved Features of Vertebrate Embryology
Causes and Mechanisms of Developmental Pathologies
A Holistic Approach to Anatomy

Head and Neck
Head and Neck Skeletal System
Head and Neck Neurovascular System
Head and Neck Muscular System
A Summary of the Head and Neck Musculoskeletal, Neurovascular, and Other Structures by Region

Upper Limb
Upper Limb Skeletal System
Upper Limb Neurovascular System
Upper Limb Muscular System

Lower Limb
Lower Limb Skeletal System
Lower Limb Neurovascular System
Lower Limb Muscular System

Trunk
Trunk Skeletal System
Trunk Neurovascular System
Trunk Muscular System

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