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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Atlas of Anatomy (Point (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins)) |  | Authors: Patrick W. Tank, Thomas R. Gest
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Category: Book
List Price: $72.95
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Sales Rank: 125822
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Pages: 448
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.7
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.9
ISBN: 0781785057
Dewey Decimal Number: 611.00223
EAN: 9780781785051
ASIN: 0781785057
Publication Date: February 27, 2008
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Product Description
Featuring more than 750 new, modern images, the Lippincott Williams & Wilkins Atlas of Anatomy is a vibrantly colored regional atlas of human anatomy offering an unprecedented combination of visual aesthetic appeal and anatomical accuracy. Many student-friendly features set this atlas apart from others on the market, including a unique art style featuring bright colors, color coding of anatomical elements, judicious use of labeling, and no extraneous text. Each plate teaches specific structures and relationships—displayed using artistic techniques such as "ghosting," layering, and color selectivity—providing immediate focus and resulting in easier and faster comprehension. This unique pedagogy, in combination with the atlas' beautiful art style, will make this new anatomy atlas the preferred choice of teachers and students alike. Packaged with the atlas is an online interactive atlas with all of the images, including fully searchable legends and labels and "zoom and compare" features. Also included are electronic flash cards that permit students to test their knowledge of newly learned concepts and structures. Also available is an interactive atlas for faculty, which contains all of the images and the figures with slideshow and JPG export features. The image bank provides figures with labels and leaders on, labels off and leaders on, labels and leaders off, and JPG and PDF options. Faculty also have access to Moore: Clinically Oriented Anatomy's question test bank, which contains approximately 500 review questions with answers.
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 Comparable to Netters for first year medical student w/ Extras August 11, 2008
Amy P. Shah
6 out of 9 found this review helpful
In medical school, I took human anatomy in year 1 and I ended up honoring the class. The next year, I had time to be a teaching assistant for the first year anatomy class. Now as a psychiatry intern, I really do not get much opportunity to practice that subject. It was with great delight that I had the opportunity to read LWW's Atlas of Anatomy as a book review. In comparison I am using my knowledge of Netter's Atlas which I used heavily when I took my human anatomy and neuroanatomy classes.
There are many benefits to this book:
There is an online site for student resources and electronic flash cards. I know I would have used this heavily as a student. Because I made paper flash cards to help me remember the relationships of the structures. I also love the fully searchable interactive atlas because it means you don't have to carry around your book everywhere to study from.
When I was in human anatomy dissection, we always needed one atlas for the table. It would inevitably get so dirty so we would have to have one for the table and one for studying at home. Students could probably get by with only one book this way. Using the online at home and leaving the dirty hard copy at the dissection table. It might even save them some money. I remember not liking the Netters computerized atlas when I was studying because I like to have something to take notes on. I sometimes feel a hard copy is always essential, but online access on LWW's atlas is definitely a plus because of portability. My class had palm pilots so someone made flash cards to be used on the PDA - I really loved this and this book offers something similar that is needed and almost vital.
The book is definitely comparable to Netter in the illustrations. They are beautiful and educational.. I cannot see much difference in the quality of the illustrations. Everyone always says Netter's Atlas is the bible for anatomy but this book is just as good with the pictures and may be even better because it has the extras I will mention.
For one thing, the labels have been simplified to include only the most pertinent and testable structures. There is no obscure stuff like Gray's anatomy has and furthermore - this book it simply a really good atlas there is not a lot of prose to explain stuff. This gives the pictures and the relationships of the structures. It is not a heavy textbook you will not read. When I was in medical school I had my class notes and the Netters. Even though I bought heavy textbook - I never even used it! Most students find that if they have the most realiable resources, they really do not need to read a whole 600 pg text. The high yield stuff is right in the LWW's pictures. I think the LWW atlas is comparable if not better in terms of the package that is presented than Netters.
One thing that may be an a plus or minus depending on how you look at it is - all the LWW pics are in anatomical position only. There is no confusing pics. This is absolutely vital for learning when you are starting out BUT in my medical school the instructors would put the cadavers in positions other than anatomical position on the test. SO you really have to be careful to learn the bodies in anatomical position and be able to identify then even when they are not. Welcome to medical school.
The lay out is almost the same as Netters and it has a really good Neuro section - better explained pictures and more than in the Netters that I used. Head and neck is good in this book because the nerve systems of that region are emphasized. When I went to anatomy class first year we were given a confusing packet of autonomic nervous system material and told to learn it. I don't think Netter had too much on this, but this book certainly does!
I really liked the pics of the uterus and the ligaments that support it. This is always hard to visualize in the cadaver. Actually, I think a lot of the conceptual stuff concerning the GU organs is difficult and I remember there being only limited pics to clarify in netter. I like the vasogram and hysterosalpingogram too. Also the pics on the gallbladder and hepatic artery are GREAT! Those variations can show up on tests if the professor wants to make things extra hard. Pg 237
The book is definitely comparable to Netters the bible of first year anatomy. I think with the addition of the online version it might even be a better deal! That all depends on the ultimate price - as a student I never liked to pay more than $40-60 for a text for class.
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