Dissatisfied with Netter..

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The more I go into Gross Anatomy.. I find Netter less and less useful. These days, I use Moore to give me my foundation as it explains function, structure and relationships and I use Rohen to see what it looks like on a real body. I use Netter as an expensive paper weight these days.

 

[Dr.Millisevert]

We used Netter among other texts during gross. The books I found most helpful were actually "Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy". There a few different volumes, one covering head and neck, one for Thorax and Abdomen, and limb anatomy. Although Netter may be great when memorizing lists out of an atlas, cunninghams is a much better guide to have during disection and is much better at describing relations.
ISBN:
0-19-263138-1 Volume 1
0-19-263139-X Volume 2
0-19-263140-3 Volume 3

Hope this helps!

 

[4 Ever]

I will agree with you somewhat on that. Rohen combined with Moore's can help you get a really good grasp of where things are and the basic background on each structure.

The only advantage that I have seen lately for Netter's is that since its cartoonish, its easier to identify structures and what they are located around. Of course, when you use netters to actually FIND those structures, its not easy

 

[Dr.Millisevert]

http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/Author=Cunningham, Daniel John/026-6096205-6894016

 

[Dr.Millisevert]

There may be older editions out there, mine say's published 2003 but I don't think too much has changed. 🙂

 

[Sage880]

The more I go into Gross Anatomy.. I find Netter less and less useful. These days, I use Moore to give me my foundation as it explains function, structure and relationships and I use Rohen to see what it looks like on a real body. I use Netter as an expensive paper weight these days.

Yeah, when you're learning, books like Moore and Rohen are better. But wait until you've learned it all and then need to just review it for a test or a rotation or anything else. That's where Netter really shines.

 

[thackl]

I started out with Rohen, but like netter a little better for learning and studying. I now use Rohen for 'practice testing'

 

[felipe5]

Moore and Dalley is the frickin' shiznit........especially because our prof LOVES to test over the blue boxes But still, ya gotta give Netter his props

 

[lilmo]

netter is one sexy man............

 

[felipe5]

netter is one sexy man............

note to self: better start smoking cigars and go bald

 

[SaltySqueegee]

Anatomy starts in a little less than a month for me, and I just purchased the Student Combo Package off of netter's website. The package comes with PaperBack Netters, and Netters on CD (quizzes and full text). Supposedly, the new CD that comes only with the combo deals is especially useful for quizzing yourself. Also, it outshines the netter's flash cards, because the bullet points for each of the answers has the netter text verbatim (including Blood flow to certain anatomical parts, unlike the flashcards). Also, if you get the Student Combo Package it comes with an additional 250 clinical vignette questions, anatomy style. Supposed to be good for the first step.

Oh, and the combo comes with a nifty T-shirt that you can use while in Anatomy to soak up all of your cadaver's thoracic juices... YUMMY!!

$99.00 www.netterart.com

Regards,

-Salty

 

[Tiki]

I love love love Netter. Seriously, I find both Netter and Rohen useful in thier own ways. I couldn't get through anatomy without either one.

 

[donnyfire]

I love love love Netter. Seriously, I find both Netter and Rohen useful in thier own ways. I couldn't get through anatomy without either one.

I agree. I get by with a combination of Moore, Netter and Rohen. It helps me to get oriented with netter, find it on our body, and review it at home with rohen. Then I look it up in Moore for detail (what it does, etc.)
As a friend of mine says... "Repitition is the mother of retention"

 

[Brickhouse]

Does anyone use Clemente? I think I'm the only one in my class but I don't really think it's much different from Netter.

 

[patzan]

Moore and Dalley is the frickin' shiznit........especially because our prof LOVES to test over the blue boxes But still, ya gotta give Netter his props

Dalley IS my professor and he IS the frickin' shiznit. He also edited Netter. He recommends COA, Netter, and Clemente. (different levels of detail and different ways of looking at the anatomy.)

 

[m1forever]

my take on the anatomy books:

Clemente- utterly useless. This would be a book to have if you were involved in the dissection process. I prefer to just let others do the work. I mean they aren't going to test me over whether our dissection involved a incision medially or laterally to some godforsaken nerve, so why should I read it?

Netters- pretty close to useless. What does Netter's do that Moore doesn't? It's not like the real body looks anything close to that anyways. The note packet I get in class is usually good enough to trace everything out on paper that will be on the tag sheet.

Moore's- depends on how your written anatomy tests are. Some of our questions are clinical correlations, so we have to read the blue boxes. Some easy points so I use this book. Yeah, I guess the diagrams aren't as good as Netter's, but they are easier to find. And saying the diagrams in Moore aren't as good as the diagrams in Netter's is like saying a john boat isn't quite as good as a row boat in crossing the pacific ocean. If you're relying on either one to really identify stuff for lab practicals, it's pretty hopeless.

Rohan- occasionally this is good for the really obvious nerves, arteries and muscles. I can usually match those up with Rohan if I decided to do that particular note packet. But the problem is that Rohan also gives really good pictures of professionaly dissected cadavers in terms of identifying the more obscure structures. I think this would be a great resource if there were a few professionally dissected cadavers that all the students could use and take practicals on, but unfortunately the students cut through a lot of stuff and so it just complicates everything.

But this is from someone who will be taking anatomy again, so take it with a grain of salt.