Good Human Anatomy Book?

**Crass3000** · 02-20-2010, 01:20 AM

I want to a good human anatomy book that's at the basic A&P level. Anybody have any good recommendations?

**rconstan** · 02-20-2010, 08:28 AM

Grays is pretty good, but the best book for anatomy hands down is Netters. Both are more dedicated to anatomy than physiology though. Links below for each.

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Grays-Anatomy-Students-STUDENT-CONSULT/dp/0443069522/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1266676009&sr=1-3"]Amazon.com: Gray's Anatomy for Students: With STUDENT CONSULT Online Access (Grays Anatomy for Students) (9780443069529): Richard L. Drake, A. Wayne Vogl, Adam W. M. Mitchell: Books[/ame]

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Atlas-Human-Anatomy-Netteranatomy-com-Science/dp/1416033858/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1266675979&sr=1-1"]Amazon.com: Atlas of Human Anatomy: With Netteranatomy.com (Netter Basic Science) (9781416033851): Frank H. Netter MD: Books[/ame]

**Lev** · 02-20-2010, 08:34 AM

Netter's is the go-to gold standard in med schools these days. The pictures are beautiful. It covers pretty much everything.

**hutash** · 02-20-2010, 10:08 AM

Fuck that, Playboy is all you need.

**berko** · 02-20-2010, 11:05 AM

Why do I feel like I'm launching the career of a serial killer?

**mtnjam** · 02-20-2010, 11:10 AM

anything by Elaine Marieb. Good H & P books. Well written.

**Lev** · 02-20-2010, 11:22 AM

Originally Posted by hutash

Fuck that, Playboy is all you need.

I guess this is what they use in Vet School these days

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**noparking** · 02-20-2010, 02:05 PM

so glad i just finished A&P

**jfost** · 02-20-2010, 04:14 PM

Netters has some pretty funny genitalia "drawings" - wonder who the subjects were and if Ol' Netter had to liquor them up first, or if they were cadavers!

**Lev** · 02-20-2010, 07:06 PM

Originally Posted by jfost

Netters has some pretty funny genitalia "drawings" - wonder who the subjects were and if Ol' Netter had to liquor them up first, or if they were cadavers!

Wait a sec... You really think his drawings are based on living people?!

G · 02-20-2010, 08:17 PM

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Anatomy-Physiology-Unity-Form-Function/dp/0073316083/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_9"]Amazon.com: Anatomy & Physiology: The Unity of Form and Function (9780073316086): Kenneth Saladin: Books[/ame]

[ame="http://www.amazon.com/Anatomy-Physiology-Unity-Form-Function/dp/0077276205/ref=ntt_at_ep_dpi_1"]Amazon.com: Anatomy and Physiology: The Unity of Form and Function (9780077276201): Kenneth Saladin: Books[/ame]

**axebiker** · 02-20-2010, 08:29 PM

Still trying to find the clitoris, Crass?

**skiing-in-jackson** · 02-22-2010, 01:04 AM

The fifth edition of Clinically Oriented Anatomy (ISBN-13: 978-0-7817-3639-8) is excellent. Who needs more? It came with two CDs of digital imaging I've never look at. It has way more information than I'll ever need.

However I keep a F.A. Davis Company Ortho Notes handy for when 50 cent words get thrown out. I keep a copy in my boot bench. It has a great down and dirty foot anatomy/muscle/biomechanics section I can refer to.

**irul&ublo** · 02-22-2010, 12:46 PM

the "anatomy coloring book"

**ptavv** · 02-22-2010, 02:44 PM

Originally Posted by skiing-in-jackson

The fifth edition of Clinically Oriented Anatomy (ISBN-13: 978-0-7817-3639-8) is excellent. Who needs more? It came with two CDs of digital imaging I've never look at. It has way more information than I'll ever need.

the full clinically oriented anatomy is way overkill nearly all the time

essential clinical anatomy (also by moore and dally) is probably a better text for learning A&P since it'll leave out a lot of the ridiculously esoteric bits that don't matter much (it's also laid out in a more efficient design for actually learning rather than being a reference)

and netter or grays atlases are both good depending on which art style you like more