The Pocket Atlas of Human Anatomy Revised Edition

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)