Anatomy textbooks

[Dr Noodle]

So far for anatomy I'm doing pretty well I think with tortora, moore and dalley, kapit and elson and Grays pics from wikipedia (plus lots of drawings and my new but very worn down oxford dictionary). Not a huge fan of moore and dalley though.

[Arch_Angel]

Moore and Dalley to get to grips with it then Clinical basis Gray's after that. None of this student's Gray's crap, that thing isn't worth the paper it's printed on.

PS. it's got to be the 39th edition, the 38th is coloured badly and printed on very thin paper....

[cat_bach]

I like martini for me basic stuff, especially to tie in anatomy with physiology and then Gray`s for students to get my proper proper anatomy. And I love, and I mean LOVE, anatomy colouring book!

[Airtones]

Don't buy grays at the moment - the 40th Edition comes out in February. The reason its crap by comparison to others is because its getting quite old now. The new edition looks like it will be much better. Although I'm still adamant that it boils down to what sort of diagrams and what sort of textbook you like. Grays has traditionally always been very picture orientated.

Grays Anatomy and Grays Student Edition are totally seperate books, by different people, that have nothing to do with each other.

[Frank E]

Crash course for the overview.
Moore and Dalley and Netters for the details.

I wouldn't sit down and learn with just one

Gosling, Harris et al of less value.

Whichever has good graphics initially because I'll remember graphical details more than text.

I made up little label flags with the names of structures. Putting these onto unmarked drawing helps me remember the parts.

[abdullah162]

no one has mentioned R.J last yet it is an excellent buk.not so clinically oriented bt tremendous abou anatomy.writing style is so gud

[Summer Daisy]

I just bought Gray's for Students 2nd Ed, finding it good so far
Before was using the recommended text from Notts, Moore and Agur Clinical Anatomy, which wasn't fantastic.
I can thoroughly recommend The Anatomy Colouring Book Diagrams are brilliant.

[Gizmo says -]

i'm a colouring book fan too, cost me 50p heehee.

moore and agur is really good for one fing - for its 'blue boxes' of clinical application. pity they u dont test you on that in the exam, since thats what we actually need in year or two, but hey ho, nottingham anatomy courses. (i fink i counted o the last anatomy exam, like about 1% of the questions were on clinical usage of knowledge in the last round of anatomy exams (the rest on basic memory games), a pretty depresing fort when you factor in that most of the material at say Peninsula is directly relevant to our job).

i'd recommend wikipedia for diagramstoo, but just be careful about quoting everyfing wiki says about clinical stuff, its not ALWAYS correct.
same applies to exams too, wikis not always using the exact erminology of your skool, and is occasionally wrong in its descriptons. whoolly outweighed by the largely clinical knowledge it lends you, mind. lol, meks you wonder what kind of stooges must be around who will pay £3000 a year for knowledge thats free on the net.

[Will Watson]

Gray's for students to learn it. It has the clearest text and best diagrams. Last's anatomy for detail. Crash course for quick reference.

Another vote for Guyton on the physiology front.

[Gizmo says -]

i like martini.