A.D.A.M. Student Atlas of Anatomy | 
 enlarge | Authors: Todd R. Olson, Wojciech Pawlina
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 540462
Media: Paperback
Edition: 2
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 512
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.4
Dimensions (in): 11 x 8.5 x 0.9
ISBN: 0521710057
Dewey Decimal Number: 611.00222
EAN: 9780521710053
ASIN: 0521710057
Publication Date: April 7, 2008
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The ADAM Student Atlas of Anatomy is an invaluable learning and review tool developed for medical students as well as undergraduate and graduate students in allied health and human biology. This new second edition updates the first edition's renowned and innovative approach to understanding the human body. The Atlas emphasizes surface anatomy and features unique additional views (posterior, medial, lateral) of important structures that are often difficult for students to understand and appreciate - such as the perineum, head and neck, and limb muscles. Throughout, the art in this full-color Atlas (featuring cadaveric photographs from the Bassett Collection) takes a three-dimensional approach to anatomic structure. Illustrations are appropriately labeled for the beginning anatomy student and are supplemented with radiographs, cross-sectional images, correlated tables, and illustrations of isolated muscles, bones, and attachments. The coverage and detail found throughout the ADAM Student Atlas of Anatomy make it a must-have for every student who is attempting to master the basics of anatomy for the first time. Amazon.com Exclusive: A Letter from the Authors
While our knowledge of human anatomy has changed relatively little in the past 100 years, its place in the training of all health science professionals has changed profoundly. Anatomists have successfully responded to the challenges created by this reduction in curricular time by both reducing the body of knowledge covered in their courses and by sifting the body of anatomical knowledge to winnow out the specialist details from essentials that are basic to the clinical education of every health sciences and medical student.
We created the ADAM Student Atlas as a visual guide to these basic parts of the body. The new second edition of the ADAM Student Atlas has been completely revised to include a simplified labeling system, more images of fewer structures and, in particular, more images of those parts of the body that present the beginning student with the greatest difficulties. Another innovation, in keeping with our student orientation, is the extensive incorporation of a systemically arranged comprehensive anatomy section at the beginning of each regional chapter. We believe this systemic emphasis makes the atlas an ideal resource of allied health students who are taking systems based anatomy courses. Finally, given the importance of surface anatomy, we begin each chapter with surface anatomy and conclude with the traditional sequences of superficial-to-deep images that students will see when dissecting. Our knowledge of human anatomy and our combined years of teaching experience enabled us to create the new edition of this one-of-a-kind learning tool for anyone needing to master basic anatomy for the first time. We hope you find it to be an essential part of your learning.
--Todd R. Olson, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York and Wojciech Pawlina, Mayo Clinic, Minnesota
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Product Description
The ADAM Student Atlas of Anatomy is an invaluable learning and review tool developed for medical students as well as undergraduate and graduate students in allied health and human biology. This new second edition updates the first edition's renowned and innovative approach to understanding the human body. The Atlas emphasizes surface anatomy and features unique additional views (posterior, medial, lateral) of important structures that are often difficult for students to understand and appreciate - such as the perineum, head and neck, and limb muscles. Throughout, the art in this full-color Atlas (featuring cadaveric photographs from the Bassett Collection) takes a three-dimensional approach to anatomic structure. Illustrations are appropriately labeled for the beginning anatomy student and are supplemented with radiographs, cross-sectional images, correlated tables, and illustrations of isolated muscles, bones, and attachments. The coverage and detail found throughout the ADAM Student Atlas of Anatomy make it a must-have for every student who is attempting to master the basics of anatomy for the first time.
Book Description
This is the second edition of a volume renowned for its innovative approach to understanding the human body. It features full-color art throughout, using a three-dimensional approach to anatomic structure. The ADAM Student Atlas of Anatomy is an invaluable learning and review tool for medical, allied health, and human biology undergraduate and graduate students.
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 Beautiful Work September 20, 2008
I got this book for my daughter who's a junior at high school. I must say, this is the perfect book for someone at that level - much more accessible than Grey's (and much cheaper I might add). The photo's are crisp and the exploded views are wonderfully detailed. I highly recommend this for students or anyone interested in anatomy.
A.D.A.M., Your Parts Are Showing! August 21, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It's all here in full color and from a variety of angles! Everything that's under your skin! The impressive A.D.A.M. Student Atlas of Anatomy (Second Edition) provides 492 pages (including the Index) of beautiful full color illustrations and disgusting cadaver comparisons with extreme details and a million labels you probably never heard of if you're not a medical student or professional. Essentially, it is a thorough softback atlas of the human body. My only complaint is that surface anatomy isn't covered much at all, but I'd be surprised if anything on the inside was left out! The color-coded, 8 chapter book also comes with a 1 year subscription (on the inside back cover) to the A.D.A.M. Online Anatomy database of over 20,000 anatomical, dissectible, male and female structures.
Now, you probably think only a medical student, or professional, would have use for this book, but you'd be wrong. If you're an artist or writer, sculptor or something else of that nature, consider picking it up. I selected this one because I'm an illustrator and could use a better understanding of anatomy. While it probably won't be used as much by me as an artist's book on anatomy covering various poses and with the skin on, one never knows when they'll have to draw the living dead or a man being eaten by lions or something, and when that happens, this is definitely the book to turn to!
Multiple view points! July 25, 2008
The ADAM Student Atlas of Anatomy does an excelent job of presenting multiple views of complex anatomical structures while very usefully emphasizing easily rememberable surface landmarks. It does this not only through detailed color illustrations, but also superb photographs from cadavers and selected radiographs. A brief and thorough user's guide clearly explains the effective use of the atlas. This alone makes this one of the better laid out and easier to follow body atlas's. If you need to know about human anatomy for school, work or just for fun this is the book you'll want to have. Highly recommended.
Excellent book July 24, 2008
Ingenious the way the book is layed out. Makes learning the body much simpler than conventional style books. Best book of this type that I ve seen yet.
Good reference July 23, 2008
I am a graduate psychology student, so my interest in the human body is primarily with the brain and nervous system, but I found this to be a really fascinating reference. It thoroughly examines each portion of the human body in detail, with both excellent full-color illustrations, and photographs of dissected cadavers (and the occasional not dissected, alive-and-well person, too).
I was pleased that the section on the brain showed a lot more of the specific parts than many books (particularly psychological texts). I'd recommend this book not only to those curious about the workings of the body and how it's put together for academic purposes, but also artists wanting to improve their knowledge of anatomy, and folks in general how who are curious about how we're put together.
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