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Preface
This book provides health science students a review of basic anatomy in a
strong clinical context. It includes the following changes:
1. The order of chapters is modified and now follows a standard medical
school dissection sequence.
2. The progression of topics in each chapter is revised, beginning with
foundational material and building to more complex relations.
3. Each chapter begins with a list of Learning Objectives and concludes
with a set of Key Concepts. The Learning Objectives introduce the
primary topics in the chapter, i.e., the anatomy most important to learn
and understand. The Key Concepts summarize the critical points of
anatomy covered in that chapter.
4. The text is largely reworked throughout and includes new material and
updated terminology. New tables provide succinct summaries of
information.
5. New and/or updated illustrations better demonstrate points of anatomy,
especially surface anatomy.
Each chapter follows a similar format.
This makes it easier to locate material
and facilitates moving from one part of the book to another. Each chapter
centers on the following categories:
1. Clinical Example: A short case report that dramatizes the relevance of
anatomy in medicine introduces the chapter.
2. Learning Objectives: As described above, this section focuses the
student on the primary anatomy that is most important to learn and
understand.
3. Basic Clinical Anatomy: The bulk of the chapter provides basic
information on gross anatomic structures of clinical importance. Clinical
and Embryology Notes supplement the core text, indicate clinical
applications, and explain adult morphology and major congenital
malformations.
4. Radiographic Anatomy: Each chapter includes numerous standard
medical images (e.g., radiographs, CT scans, MRI studies, and
sonograms) to demonstrate normal anatomy in the manner most often
observed by clinicians. Labeled photographs of cross-sectional anatomy
stimulate students to think in terms of three-dimensional anatomy,
which is so important in the interpretation of imaging studies.
5. Surface Anatomy: This section outlines surface landmarks and
palpation points of important anatomic structures fundamental to a
thorough physical examination.
6. Key Concepts: This closing part of the chapter summarizes the major
points of anatomy discussed in the chapter to reinforce the topics
covered.
As with previous editions, the book is heavily illustrated. Most figures have
been kept simple in order to convey the fundamental floor plans that underlie
the organization of body regions. Illustrations summarizing the nerve and
blood supply of regions have been retained, as have overviews of the
distribution of cranial nerves.
