Clinical Anatomy: Applied Anatomy for Students and Junior Doctors

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John Wiley & Sons, Dec 15, 2011 - Medical - 224 pages
Written by one of the great teachers of Anatomy, this50th anniversary edition of Clinical Anatomycontinues to provide thousands of medical students, postgraduatetrainees and junior doctors across the world with essentialanatomical information within a clinical setting. It isparticularly appropriate for those preparing for the Membership ofthe Royal College of Surgeon's Exam.

For this new edition, Professor Harold Ellis is joined, for thefirst time, by a co-author. Professor Vishy Mahadevan is Barber'sCompany Reader in Anatomy at the Royal College of Surgeons, arenowned teacher of surgical trainees and is also an examiner forthe MRCS Exam. Together they provide a detailed, easy-to-followstructured text suitable for anatomy students and trainees of alllevels.

Fully revised and updated, this new edition features new andre-drawn illustrations, new images of normal anatomy (radiographs,CTs and NMRs) to aid understanding, a revised neuroanatomy sectionto provide greater clarity and an expansion of the lower limbsection.

In order to provide revision support, ClinicalAnatomy has its own website featuring digitalflashcards of all the images found in the textbook available todownload for free at www.ellisclinicalanatomy.co.uk

 

Selected pages

Contents

The abdomen and pelvis
59
The upper limb
167
The lower limb
219
The head and neck
277
The nervous system
357
Glossary of eponyms
432
Index
439
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About the author (2011)

Professor Harold Ellis, Clinical Anatomist, Guy's, King's and St Thomas' School of Biomedical Sciences, London; Emeritus Professor of Surgery, Charing Cross and Westminster Medical School, London; Formerly Examiner in Anatomy, Primary FRCS (Eng).

Professor Vishy Mahadevan, Barbers’ Company Reader in Anatomy, Raven Department of Education, Royal College of Surgeons of England.

Bibliographic information

TitleClinical Anatomy: Applied Anatomy for Students and Junior Doctors
AuthorsHarold Ellis, Vishy Mahadevan
Edition12
PublisherJohn Wiley & Sons, 2011
ISBN1118305914, 9781118305911
Length224 pages
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Medical / Anatomy
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