Gray's Anatomy for Students

From the contents:
1 The body
What is anatomy? 4
How can gross anatomy be studied? 4
Important anatomical terms 4
Imaging 7
Diagnostic imaging techniques 7
Nuclear medicine imaging 10
Image interpretation 11
Plain radiography 12
Computed tomography 12
Magnetic resonance imaging 13
Nuclear medicine imaging 13
Safety in imaging 13
Body systems 14
Skeletal system 14
Cartilage 14
Bone 15
Joints 20
Skin and fascias 26
Skin 26
Fascia 26
Muscular system 27
Cardiovascular system 29
Lymphatic system 31
Lymphatic vessels 31
Lymph nodes 32
Lymphatic trunks and ducts 32
Nervous system 34
Central nervous system 34
Functional subdivisions of the CNS 34
Somatic part of the nervous system 35
Visceral part of the nervous system 41
Other systems 52
Clinical cases 53
2 Back
Conceptual overview 56
General description 56
Functions 57
Support 57
Movement 57
Protection of the nervous system 58
Component parts 58
Bones 58
Muscles 60
Vertebral canal 62
Spinal nerves 63
Relationship to other regions 64
Head 64
Thorax, abdomen, and pelvis 65
Limbs 65
Key features 65
Long vertebral column and short spinal cord 65
Intervertebral foramina and spinal nerves 66
Innervation of the back 66
Regional anatomy 67
Skeletal framework 67
Vertebrae 67
Intervertebral foramina 75
Posterior spaces between vertebral arches 75
Joints 79
Joints between vertebrae in the back 79
Ligaments 82
Anterior and posterior longitudinal ligaments 82
Ligamenta flava 82
Supraspinous ligament and ligamentum
nuchae 83
Interspinous ligaments 84
Back musculature 86
Superficial group of back muscles 86
Intermediate group of back muscles 92
Deep group of back muscles 93
Suboccipital muscles 99
Spinal cord 101
Vasculature 102
Meninges 104
Arrangement of structures in the vertebral
canal 106
Spinal nerves 107
Surface anatomy 112
Back surface anatomy 112
Absence of lateral curvatures 112
Primary and secondary curvatures in the sagittal
plane 112
Useful

"Beautiful illustrations. Clinically orientated - lots of surface anatomy, lots of clinical cases, and well explained and annotated radiology cases as well! The excellent short chapter on imaging in the introduction is also very helpful and useful. This book is a really helpful resource for any medical student." "BMA Book Awards 2009?- judges comments" "I particularly like the diagrams, which are clearly labelled, not cluttered, and helpfully coloured...this textbook is great. It is well-tailored to students, providing the anatomy information that we need to know. It gets a big 'thumbs up'" - Medical Student, University of Oxford (review of previous edition) ."..explains anatomy in a way that is easy to understand, but also puts the text in a clinical context along the way.The Interactive Surface Anatomy is very useful and well made - a great example of how Student Consult can provide teaching tools that simplifies complex subjects in a way no book can."" - Medical Student, University of Copenhagen(review of previous edition)" "This second edition of the hugely popular Gray's Anatomy is an indisputable reference tool for the detailed study of human anatomy; suitable, due to its clinical orientation, for both students and all health professionals. The authors come from a strong and diverse range of teaching and clinical backgrounds and have collaborated to update and revise this new edition in order to meet the demands of the modern anatomy course more effectively. Their concern is to make the information accessible, easy to master and, above all, reliable - and to produce an up-to-date book on anatomy that is simple, easy to understand and enjoyable to read." ReeDOC, July 2011