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Grant's Atlas of Anatomy
Grant's Atlas of Anatomy, 11th Edition
By Anne M.R. Agur and Arthur Dalley II.
Published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2005.
This is a 9.5" by 11" hardbound book running to 848 pages including the index, printed in full color.
Grant's has been a standard since 1937, when it was published as A Method of Anatomy, Descriptive and Deductive (By Dr. John Charles Boileau Grant). New knowledge and ideas have been incorporated in successive editions. The basics of the Atlas of Anatomy have been consistent in recent editions: classic dissection illustrations, schematic illustrations, surface anatomy, and diagnostic images, all arranged in sections for areas of the human body. The areas covered are:
- THORAX
- ABDOMEN
- PELVIS AND PERINEUM
- BACK
- LOWER LIMB
- UPPER LIMB
- HEAD
- NECK
- CRANIAL NERVES
Opening the book at random, I'm looking at pages 510 and 511, in the section called "JOINTS OF PECTORAL GIRDLE AND SHOULDER," looking at illustrations 6.41 and 6.42, "Anterior aspect of shoulder joint" and "Posterior aspect of the interior of shoulder joint." The illustrations are not photographs but dissection drawings designed to represent structures clearly and accurately. They're labelled with the scientific names of specific parts ("transverse humeral ligament," "synovial fringe"). On the lower portion of each of these pages are descriptions of the structures you are seeing with reference to their function.
This is a very useful text for people studying the human body.
