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Im studying up on some anatomy before school starts in the fall....any ideas of a good book?
 
netter's atlas of human anatomy has some great drawings.
 
Gray's Anatomy For Students
 
Shane41 said:
Im studying up on some anatomy before school starts in the fall....any ideas of a good book?
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Playboy or Hustler are excellent. They have great articles.
 
i heard Falling Man was a good book for the beach (dude, it's summer! put down the anatomy book!!)

jb!🙂
 
Find out which book your school will use and get that one. That way you can still use it in the fall and be able to follow along with what your professors are talking about when they refer to sections of the book rather than have to get a whole new book.
 
I've always like the moore, and a Netters is a Must.
 
Anatomy was my best subject. These are the books I used with approximate proportions of time I spent studying each book:

1. Netter - 40%
2. Gray's Anatomy - 20%
3. Grant's - 15%
4. Gray's Anatomy for Students - 15%
5. McMinn's - 5%
6. Instant Anatomy - 3%
7. Moore - 2%

I used Netter as the primary resource for learning the structures for the first time. Netter's cross-section drawings were especially helpful to identify structures on slices.

I used Gray's anatomy as the primary textbook. I used the book extensively to clarify the things I did not understand in lectures and also for making summaries. I mostly used the search function of VitalBook and copied and pasted relevant sections from Gray's Anatomy to supplement my notes. I have both hard copy and electronic copy, but I hardly used the hard copy because it was too heavy and the print was too small for me. Without the electronic search function, it is difficult to get to the sections you want to read.

Grant's atlas has very helpful summary tables of innervation and blood supply, and I also found their schematic drawing of vessels and nerves very helpful. For studying certain regions, I found Grant's drawings to be more helpful than Netter's plates.

Gray's Anatomy for Students has excellent 3D illustrations. This is a great book to use as a textbook, and the illustrations clarified a lot of things that were not readily understandable from looking at plastinations. I found the book to be especially helpful to understand what structures are compartmentalized in which region.

I used McMinn's for self-test. Once I familiarized myself with the structures in Netter, I opened McMinn's and tried identifying each labeled structure. The dissected pictures look so different from Netter's drawings, and they were very helpful when preparing for practical exams.

I found Instant Anatomy to be extremely helpful when learning vessels and nerves the foramina they pass through. When learning vessels and nerves, don't just look at drawings. Instead, always have a pen and a piece of blank paper with you, and write out all the branches like a road map. You will notice that you can learn much more by spending 30 minutes drawing the nerve and vessel branches by yourself than staring at drawings in atlases for 3 hours.

I read Moore's textbook when I needed an extra resource for clarification.

If you can afford it, I strongly recommend getting a realistic skull model. At my school we were able to borrow a skull model for the entire semester. The skull model was essential for learning the skull bones and all those foramina for the first time.

So in conclusion, I highly recommend getting both Netter and Grant's atlases, and Instant Anatomy. Even if your school uses VitalBook, it is helpful to have a hard copy of Netter and Grant's. While I liked reading Gray's Anatomy on VitalBook, I don't recommend getting a hard copy of it. I would not have used it had it not been for the search function of VitalBook.

I hope this helps. Good luck.
 
Angle Jr. said:
Anatomy was my best subject. These are the books I used with approximate proportions of time I spent studying each book:

1. Netter - 40%
2. Gray's Anatomy - 20%
3. Grant's - 15%
4. Gray's Anatomy for Students - 15%
5. McMinn's - 5%
6. Instant Anatomy - 3%
7. Moore - 2%

I used Netter as the primary resource for learning the structures for the first time. Netter's cross-section drawings were especially helpful to identify structures on slices.

I used Gray's anatomy as the primary textbook. I used the book extensively to clarify the things I did not understand in lectures and also for making summaries. I mostly used the search function of VitalBook and copied and pasted relevant sections from Gray's Anatomy to supplement my notes. I have both hard copy and electronic copy, but I hardly used the hard copy because it was too heavy and the print was too small for me. Without the electronic search function, it is difficult to get to the sections you want to read.

Grant's atlas has very helpful summary tables of innervation and blood supply, and I also found their schematic drawing of vessels and nerves very helpful. For studying certain regions, I found Grant's drawings to be more helpful than Netter's plates.

Gray's Anatomy for Students has excellent 3D illustrations. This is a great book to use as a textbook, and the illustrations clarified a lot of things that were not readily understandable from looking at plastinations. I found the book to be especially helpful to understand what structures are compartmentalized in which region.

I used McMinn's for self-test. Once I familiarized myself with the structures in Netter, I opened McMinn's and tried identifying each labeled structure. The dissected pictures look so different from Netter's drawings, and they were very helpful when preparing for practical exams.

I found Instant Anatomy to be extremely helpful when learning vessels and nerves the foramina they pass through. When learning vessels and nerves, don't just look at drawings. Instead, always have a pen and a piece of blank paper with you, and write out all the branches like a road map. You will notice that you can learn much more by spending 30 minutes drawing the nerve and vessel branches by yourself than staring at drawings in atlases for 3 hours.

I read Moore's textbook when I needed an extra resource for clarification.

If you can afford it, I strongly recommend getting a realistic skull model. At my school we were able to borrow a skull model for the entire semester. The skull model was essential for learning the skull bones and all those foramina for the first time.

So in conclusion, I highly recommend getting both Netter and Grant's atlases, and Instant Anatomy. Even if your school uses VitalBook, it is helpful to have a hard copy of Netter and Grant's. While I liked reading Gray's Anatomy on VitalBook, I don't recommend getting a hard copy of it. I would not have used it had it not been for the search function of VitalBook.

I hope this helps. Good luck.
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You calculated the amount of time you spent reading each book?Damn...
 
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Thanks for the thorough answer...much appreciated!
 
You people are crazy, do you relize that in two months all you will be doing is studying. Take some time off get a tan, drive your car somewhere cool and make a memory or two.
 
Rohan is the best in my opinion. It is full color pictures of the most amazingly well done disections that you have ever seen. During my human prosection class we didnt even bother with Netter and relied solely on Rohan.
 
Hustler is more in-depth than Playboy.
 
Try Pernkopf atlas.... it will get your debt started off right
 
Its way early now to consider this one, but I really like it: BRS Gross Anatomy.
Not a lot of pictures, but has good information in it. The Head and Neck section is very well done, unlike other books. i aced my h&n lab with the help of this and netters.

Don't even look at it though until you are reviewing for boards or for anatomy lab.
 
I dont feel like I should have to explain myself for wanting to look over some anatomy but I will anyways...🙂

Im living at my cabin on the beach, I bartend one night of the week, my girlfriend is up here with me, I wakeboard, ski, boat, sail, drink, travel (im going to boston, the cape, maine and all over the east coast), etc...and when Im laying in the sun I like to look over some anatomy because it interests me. Plus my girlfriend reads. Oh, did I mention I dont have a great anatomy background?

So, with that being said, what are some good anatomy books?!

Thanks for all of the input too from everyone thats contributed

Shane
 
Shane41 said:
I dont feel like I should have to explain myself for wanting to look over some anatomy but I will anyways...🙂

Im living at my cabin on the beach, I bartend one night of the week, my girlfriend is up here with me, I wakeboard, ski, boat, sail, drink, travel (im going to boston, the cape, maine and all over the east coast), etc...and when Im laying in the sun I like to look over some anatomy because it interests me. Plus my girlfriend reads. Oh, did I mention I dont have a great anatomy background?

So, with that being said, what are some good anatomy books?!

Thanks for all of the input too from everyone thats contributed

Shane
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you know what I would have liked to have studied? Anatomy of Orofacial Structures by Richard W. Brand. If you can get through that before school starts you'll be set.
 
Sorry Shane, I was saying because most pre-profs are overachieving freaks who forgo fun to study/work. I was just trying the to point out the need for balance, and maybe I was dogging studying because I am a huge procrastinator and will only pick up a book if I have to. I know the next four years for me will give me little opportunity for extra curricular activities, seeing I have more responsibilities then most. With that said good luck studying/chillin/bartending and good luck next year.
 
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you know what I would have liked to have studied? Anatomy of Orofacial Structures by Richard W. Brand. If you can get through that before school starts you'll be set.
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yup. that book is really popular here at usc. i'm currently using it for boards review. the head and neck section in the back may not be that detailed, but in terms of dental anatomy and development, its great.
 
Buy the standard Netter's and the Netter's Head and Neck Anatomy for Dentistry and you will have pretty much all you need.
 
No offense taken, but sometimes there is too much stereotype to pre-profs, no worries, and enjoy your summer as well as Milwaukee
 
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