Understanding Human Anatomy and Pathology An Evolutionary and Developmental Guide for Medical Students

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.

About the BookIntroductionConserved Features of Vertebrate EmbryologyCauses and Mechanisms of Developmental PathologiesA Holistic Approach to AnatomyHead and NeckHead and Neck Skeletal SystemHead and Neck Neurovascular SystemHead and Neck Muscular SystemA Summary of the Head and Neck Musculoskeletal, Neurovascular, and Other Structures by RegionUpper LimbUpper Limb Skeletal SystemUpper Limb Neurovascular SystemUpper Limb Muscular SystemLower LimbLower Limb Skeletal SystemLower Limb Neurovascular SystemLower Limb Muscular SystemTrunkTrunk Skeletal SystemTrunk Neurovascular SystemTrunk Muscular SystemSuggested ReadingsPlates

Rui Diogo, associate professor, Howard University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA Drew M. Noden, professor, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, USA Christopher M. Smith, academic medical illustrator, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York, USA Julia Molnar, postdoctoral fellow, Howard University in Washington, DC, USA Julia C. Boughner, associate professor, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada Claudia Alexandra Amorim Barrocas, graduate student in biological illustration, University of Aveiro, Portugal Joana Bruno, doctoral candidate, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Spain