The Pocket Atlas of Human Anatomy, Revised Edition : A Reference for Students of Physical Therapy, Medicine, Sports, and Bodywork

Revised and updated: a user-friendly illustrated guide to human anatomy, written for students and practitioners. This concise, pocket-sized guide is a full-color on-the-go reference for students and practitioners of anatomy, massage, physical therapy, chiropractics, medicine, nursing, and physiotherapy. This second edition is more comprehensive, and now includes the skin, and the cardiovascular system, and more. Chapters 1 through 7 explain anatomical orientation, tissues, bones, the axial and appendicular skeletons, joints, and skeletal muscles and fascia. Subsequent chapters detail the four major muscle groups with composite illustrations of each region’s deep and superficial muscles in both anterior and posterior views. Color tables show each muscle’s origin, insertion, innervation, and action. A final chapter by Thomas W. Myers outlines myofascial meridians, presenting a map of fascial tracks and illustrating how they wind longitudinally through series of muscles. This new approach to structural patterning has far-reaching implications for effective movement training and manual therapy treatment. Three appendices illustrate cutaneous nerve supply and dermatomes (Appendix 1), the major skeletal muscles (Appendix 2), including detailed charts of the main muscles involved in movement, and the remaining body systems (Appendix 3). “Impressive artwork throughout—far better than many of the current textbooks.”—Dr. Robert Whitaker, MA MD MChir FRCS FMAA, Anatomist, University of Cambridge, author of Instant Anatomy, Fifth Edition and A Visual Guide to Clinical Anatomy (Wiley-Blackwell) Revised and a user-friendly illustrated guide book to human anatomy, written for students and practitioners This concise, pocket-sized book is a full-colour revision guide and is an excellent on-the-go reference for the therapist, science students and practitioners of anatomy and physiology, pathology, massage, physical therapy, chiropractics, medicine, nursing, and physiotherapy. This convenient learning companion will form part of your home library of student nurse essentials, and therapy and exercise books. The Pocket Atlas of Human Anatomy interweaves text and images in a user-friendly and accessible way. Images have been critically assessed and modified from the previous edition for a highly reliable learning tool of bones, muscles, and nerves, the cell, plus all the other major body systems. A final chapter by Thomas W. Myers outlines The Anatomy Trains myofascial meridians , which presents a map of how tracks of fascial fabric wind longitudinally through series of muscles. This new approach to structural patterning has far-reaching implications for effective movement training and manual therapy treatment. Three appendices illustrate cutaneous nerve supply and dermatomes (Appendix 1), the major skeletal muscles , including detailed charts of the main muscles involved in movement (Appendix 2), and the remaining body systems (Appendix 3). Impressive artwork throughoutfar better than many of the current textbooks. Dr. Robert Whitaker, MA MD MChir FRCS FMAA, Anatomist, University of Cambridge, author Instant Anatomy, Fifth Edition and A Visual Guide to Clinical Anatomy (Wiley-Blackwell) "Revised and updated: a user-friendly illustrated guide to human anatomy, written for students and practitioners"-- Provided by publisher