Dr. Charles Highway

Here are my list of 5 of the Best Anatomy Resources ALL medical students should have:

Number One:

Atlas of Human Anatomy (Netter Basic Science)

By Frank H Netter

This is one of the best in the field of Anatomy Textbooks. It features hand painted drawings by Frank H. Netter and his partners. This man had the single vision of getting anatomy across to medical students and doctors alike in an easy laid out format.  There are accurate and clear diagrams that are presented in a systemic manner and give you an idea in which direction you should be heading in when dealing with cadavers. I wish I had bought this book earlier in my medical studies. ESSENTIAL. First book you should buy for anatomy!

Number Two:

Color Atlas of Anatomy: A Photographic Study of the Human Body

By Johannes W Rohen, Chihiro Yokochi, and Elke Lutjen-Drecoll

Most of my friends, and myself, call this book “Yokochi”  for short. It should come in second on your shopping list after Netter’s book. The book contains professional photographs of actual cadaver dissections and is probably the best book to have when you are in your dissection groups. Shows you how the internal organs change in colour, texture and size when being stored for medical students.

Number Three:

Clinically Oriented Anatomy, Sixth Edition (Moore)

By Keith L Moore, Arther Dalley and Anne Agur

This book is not so great for working with cadavers, but it does cover a lot of the functional aspects of the organs involved and gives explainations to their clinical co-relations as well basic functions and complications that occur with the organs. Good for classroom, Not so great for the Anatomy Lab.

Number Four:

Netters Anatomy Flash Cards

By John T. Hansen

These are pretty much the flash card versions of the Netters Anatomy Textbook. This is good for the last minute crams and each flash card has some extra information to help you prepare for the boards or just your end of year exams. Get cracking.

Number Five:

Anatomy Coloring Book, The (3rd Edition)

By Wynn Kapit and Lawrence M. Elson

I would suggest this book to people who are either new to anatomy or find it difficult to learn or study for. It pretty much is a colouring book which looks at every organ with an easy to learn approach. it may be time consuming to do on top of all your other work, but the best students in anatomy (in my year) are those who had used this book during undergrad and are probably the surgeons of our year.

Until next time, take care.

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