Best anatomy text(s) for first year?

[specialkny]

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Hi all,

I'm heading to London this autumn to study, and a veterinarian stateside told me to study ahead for Anatomy, since it's a big part of Year 1. I'd appreciate recommendations for the best resources, since books are cheaper here and on U.S. Amazon than in the UK.

Thanks!

 

[Medic_9]

Pasquini - Anatomy of Domestic Animals is a great book.

 

[cowgirla]

Hi all,

I'm heading to London this autumn to study, and a veterinarian stateside told me to study ahead for Anatomy, since it's a big part of Year 1. I'd appreciate recommendations for the best resources, since books are cheaper here and on U.S. Amazon than in the UK.

Thanks!

Don't study, enjoy your summer. The amount of info you cover on your own will probably be taught in the first few days of class anyway. If you want to look at anything, try directional terms and basic medical terminology, but other than that, have fun.

That being said, once you get to vet school, I love the Pasquini book. CSU has a DVD for canine anatomy that was a life saver, and the more I use our Dyce Veterinary Anatomy book, the more I like it.

 

[katryn]

Pasquini's and Dyce are both great, but if you're going to do something over the summer, I suggest Christianson's Veterinary Medical Terminology. It's a quicky review of a lot of basic terms and each of the body systems. It helped me a lot considering I hadn't been in school for several years.

And I definitely second enjoying your summer. Studying frantically all summer will not put you ahead of the game.

 

[raisin]

I really like "Anatomy of the horse" and "Anatomy of the dog" by Klaus Dieter Budras. The newest editions have excellent sections in the back with clinically relevant anatomy (as an example, the horse book has a really good section on orthopedic causes of lamess, and landmarks for nerve and joint blocks in horses etc).

 

[flyhi]

i would have liked an overview prior to starting vet school. Dyce is a great book for anatomy, while you are in vet school, but would also be great to read some prior to...it is helpful in that it describes systems and integrates the anatomy.

I love Pasquini for anatomy as well..

 

[CalliopeDVM]

I found Dyce a big waste of money, though it was required when I took anatomy. Pasquini, on the other hand, was gold, and I actually needed a second copy because my first one fell apart from being used so much. Still worth it.