Description
Book SynopsisHuman Structure is an innovative introduction to human gross anatomy with a twofold approach to view the basics of anatomy from a broad scientific perspective and to explain the facts of form and function in terms and concepts that minimize the usual confusion and anxiety of beginning anatomy studies. Functional, comparative, and developmental anatomy are ingeniously woven into a single explanatory perspective, presenting human anatomy as an intelligible whole rather than as a heap of disconnected facts to be memorized. As a result, Human Structure is suitable not only for first-year medical students but also for undergraduates in premedical or biological science courses, for students in paramedical or college-level nursing programs, and indeed for anyone seeking a refresher course in human anatomy. The book begins with the generalized segmental organization characteristic of vertebrates and then examines the most obviously segmented parts of the human body: the bones, muscles, vesse
Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments PART I: Vertebrate Anatomy and the Segmented Trunk 1. The Vertebrate Body 2. The Vertebral Column 3. The Spinal Cord and the Spinal Nerves 4. The Epaxial Muscles 5. The Body Wall PART II: The Thorax and its Viscera 6. The Development of the Mammalian Circulatory Pattern 7. The Heart and the Great Vessels 8. The Thorax PART III: The Abdomen and the Pelvis 9. The Abdominal Viscera 10. The Evolution and Development of the Urogenital Organs 11. The Pelvis and the Perineum PART IV: The Limbs 12. Fundamentals of Limb Anatomy 13. The Shoulder and the Arm 14. The Hand and the Forearm 15. The Hip and the Thigh 16. The Leg and the Foot 17. Upright Posture and Locomotion PART V: The Head and Neck 18. The Specializations of the Head 19. The Brain and the Skull 20. Nose, Eye, and Ear 21. The Pharyngeal Gut 22. The Cervical Segments Index
