Gross Anatomy: Board Review Series » (6th Edition)

Now in its Sixth Edition, BRS Gross Anatomy is a primary course review and textbook for medical students in first-year anatomy courses. Written in concise, bulleted outline format, this text offers USMLE-style questions with answers and explanations at the end of each chapter and in an end-of-book comprehensive exam. Other features include nearly 150 two-color illustrations, 50 radiologic clinical images, Clinical Correlations boxes, end-of-chapter summaries, and muscle tables. New to this edition are highlighted "Development Checks" sections on embryology. Terminology has been updated to conform to Terminologia Anatomica.

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Reviewer:Ming Xiaoming Zhang, PhD(University of Kansas Medical Center)
Description:This is a new edition of an established human gross anatomy review book that covers the material taught in medical school courses in a concise and well organized manner. It provides brief explanations of gross anatomy concepts and terms and organizes muscles, blood vessels, and nerves in helpful tables.
Purpose:The book is intended primarily to help students prepare for the USMLE and other board exams in health-related professions.
Audience:It is designed for medical, dental, graduate, physician assistant/associate, physical therapy, and other health science students.
Features:The extensive information is presented in an outline format with clinical correlations. Unique features include the outline format that allows readers to quickly review without being distracted by unnecessary detail; the tests at the end of each chapter and the comprehensive test at the end of the book in a format similar to the USMLE exam. The drawings are of average quality, but useful for the accompanying text. The index is extensive and helpful.
Assessment:This is a helpful tool for students preparing for gross anatomy exams. It also can function as a quick reference for healthcare practitioners. This new edition has added information on development as well as new test questions.

1 Introduction 1

2 Upper Limb 18

3 Lower Limb 78

4 Thorax 131

5 Abdomen 181

6 Perineum and Pelvis 241

7 Back 293

8 Head and Neck 321

Comprehensive Examination 443

Index 465