Anatomy section of Step 1

[RunwayModel]

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So for the Anatomy section (Gross Anatomy, Embryology, Histology and Neuroanatomy), these are the books that I have seen have been recommended.

Embryo: HY (High Yield) Embryology
Histology: HY Histo (but I guess now the 4th edition of it is called HY Histopathology because pure histology is not tested according to the preface, it is tested integrated if at all)
Neuroanatomy: HY Neuroanatomy

AND now for Gross Anatomy, 2 questions:

1. Which is better with respect to answering USMLE Gross Anatomy questions, HY Gross Anatomy OR Rapid Review Gross and Developmental Anatomy?
   
2. Is going through the blue clinical boxes of Moore and Dalley's Clinically Oriented Anatomy the key for the Anatomy section, or is this just a rumor that has just been passed down from year to year?

And yes I know there are a LOT of blue boxes. Pros and Cons for either book both would be great from those who have used them.

 

[hmack]

I am using the same ones for Embryo and Histo but using BRS Neuroanatomy (love it) and USMLE Road Map Anatomy. Huge fun of the USMLE road map anatomy!!!! Simple, to the point but sometimes a little boring (but maybe that's just anatomy). 🙂 haha. I'm just supplementing with Kaplan Qbank per each subject as I read each book and then plan to do random style as it gets closer with USMLE World. 🙂 hope that helps.

 

[RGupta620]

I own the smaller Moore anatomy book. I think it would be worth your while to go over those boxes 1 or 2 weeks before the exam date. It takes your basic anatomy knowledge (which hopefully will have learned by then) and ties it into a clinical application (which is how most of the exam questions are going to be set up anyway ie. vignettes). Also, if you prefer you could do the same with BRS with clinical summaries at the end of each section. But i think you'd be better off using Moore and the blue boxes.

 

[Law2Doc]

So for the Anatomy section (Gross Anatomy, Embryology, Histology and Neuroanatomy), these are the books that I have seen have been recommended.

Embryo: HY (High Yield) Embryology
Histology: HY Histo (but I guess now the 4th edition of it is called HY Histopathology because pure histology is not tested according to the preface, it is tested integrated if at all)
Neuroanatomy: HY Neuroanatomy

AND now for Gross Anatomy, 2 questions:

1. Which is better with respect to answering USMLE Gross Anatomy questions, HY Gross Anatomy OR Rapid Review Gross and Developmental Anatomy?
   
2. Is going through the blue clinical boxes of Moore and Dalley's Clinically Oriented Anatomy the key for the Anatomy section, or is this just a rumor that has just been passed down from year to year?

And yes I know there are a LOT of blue boxes. Pros and Cons for either book both would be great from those who have used them.

As long as you have the time, this grouping is great. But things like embryo and histo are not high yield, so honestly if time is limited you might want to read FA, maybe skim some of these to get a brief overview, and spend the bulk of your time on things like pharm, pathophys, micro, biochem. Sure you'll want to lock down major things like the brachio-plexus, but you'll get a lot of this from doing qbank/world questions in tutor mode. Just my opinion - Obviously everyone has to address their own weaknesses.

 

[m250]

I own the smaller Moore anatomy book. I think it would be worth your while to go over those boxes 1 or 2 weeks before the exam date. It takes your basic anatomy knowledge (which hopefully will have learned by then) and ties it into a clinical application (which is how most of the exam questions are going to be set up anyway ie. vignettes). Also, if you prefer you could do the same with BRS with clinical summaries at the end of each section. But i think you'd be better off using Moore and the blue boxes.

ISBN for the smaller Moore? Did a search and came up with over 5 different options.

 

[RunwayModel]

ISBN for the smaller Moore? Did a search and came up with over 5 different options.

The book is called Essential Clinical Anatomy. The ISBN is 078176274X.

 

[drchick331]

Much like embryology, I stuck with FA and studied for 1/2 day and got a *** on that section...don't waste too much time on the minutiae but focus on the clinical relevance (especially neurological implications)...just my $0.02...

 

[PeepshowJohnny]

If you didn't do a lot of radiology before, set aside some time for that.

 

[rox]

I did HY Gross, HY Embryo, HY Neuroanatomy, and Kaplan Histology. Among all my Step 1 list of books, HY Gross was the least yielding since I had only about 3 gross anatomy questions that I could answer without studying this book. This book is really tough. If you want to go through it, you have to be selective and skip many things like the detailed innervation and blood supply of each organ, the lymphatics..etc.

On the other hand, HY Neuroanatomy was extremely helpful since my exam was full of neuro images.

As for embryo, HY includes lotsa diseases that I dunno where they get them from. It's an easy book, not much detailed. I think FA would do though.

Regarding histology, I had a couple of pure histo questions in addition to few, simple histopathology questions. kaplan Histology didn't help me answering these questions. I dunno if it's worth it to go through HY histology.

Good luck.