Anonymous
Posted Sat Oct 28 00:00:00 EDT 2006
Netter is the classic anatomy atlas. Pristine plates make identification easy--a plus and a minus. Good if you'll only be looking at drawings. For dissection, I use Grant's. For study of dissection, I use Rohen's. To sit and study, I use Netter.
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Posted Wed May 19 00:00:00 EDT 2010
This Anatomy text has the most amazing illustrations - truly a work of art as well as an excellent study reference.
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Posted Thu Jan 10 00:00:00 EST 2008
Good reference for high school students and those who want to become a doctor
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Posted Thu Sep 18 00:00:00 EDT 2008
When I was studying gross anatomy, Netter was my hands down favourite. It was only later on that I realized there are several inaccuracies within the text and he often doesn't go into as much detail as is needed. Still, it's a classic work and everyone should have a copy... and then supplement it with Thieme, Pernkopf (or Clemente if you want to avoid the controversy), Sobotta and Gray's.
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Posted Sun Sep 10 00:00:00 EDT 2006
This is the best anatomy atals i ever saw it is like seeing the real body parts and everything is expalined so well, all the other atalses of yore like grants atlas are useless infront of this
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Posted Tue Oct 29 00:00:00 EST 2002
It has made studying much easier
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Posted Sun Nov 03 00:00:00 EST 2002
I will admit, Netter's illustrations are gorgeous. But a week into my med school anatomy class, the awe of pretty pictures was replaced by sheer frustration. Netter frivolously omits anatomical structures, draws incorrect anatomy, and mislabels. I found illustrations in Moore's Clinically Oriented Anatomy and Gray's Anatomy to be sufficient and less confusing. Text in those books also helped to clarify any uncertainties.
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Posted Tue Aug 06 00:00:00 EDT 2002
I used this book as a side reference when I was taking a Neuroanatomy class. I used it a lot more than the class-assigned textbook. It's very clearly drawn & really helps to clarify complicated systems. I'd definitely recommend it. The drawings are amazing.
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Posted Thu May 23 00:00:00 EDT 2002
Excellent resource for students and doctors other than human cadavers.
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Posted Sun Nov 18 00:00:00 EST 2001
This is an excellent resource for anyone in a high school, college, and especially graduate level Anatomy course!! The pictures are great and many of the pics are shown from multiple views making it even esier to get your bearings! My only complaint about it is the index in the back of the book isn't always user-friendly if you are looking for certain small, detailed parts of the pictures.
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This book is a must have for medical students, undergrads, and grad students enrolled in anatomy courses.
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Excellent quality reference.
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My wife is a medical student, and she says that Netter's made Anatomy class much easier to follow. I, on the other hand, am an illustrator. The atlas provides me with accurate, beautifully depicted structural details. Studying this book has helped me to understand the subcutaneous origins of all those skin ripples, folds, bulges, and lines. This book should be on every med student's shelf and every illustrator's shelf. If you're married like we are, then you only need one shelf!
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More About This Textbook
Overview
Atlas of Human Anatomy uses Frank H. Netter, MD's detailed illustrations to demystify this often intimidating subject, providing a coherent, lasting visual vocabulary for understanding anatomy and how it applies to medicine. This 5th Edition features a stronger clinical focus-with new diagnostic imaging examples-making it easier to correlate anatomy with practice. Student Consult online access includes supplementary learning resources, from additional illustrations to an anatomy dissection guide and more. Netter. It's how you know.
• See anatomy from a clinical perspective with hundreds of exquisite, hand-painted illustrations created by, and in the tradition of, pre-eminent medical illustrator Frank H. Netter, MD.
• Join the global community of healthcare professionals who've mastered anatomy the Netter way!
• Expand your study at studentconsult.com, where you'll find a suite of learning aids including selected Netter illustrations, additional clinically-focused illustrations and radiologic images, videos from Netter's 3D Interactive Anatomy, dissection modules, an anatomy dissection guide, multiple-choice review questions, "drag-and-drop" exercises, clinical pearls, clinical cases, survival guides, surgical procedures, and more.
• Correlate anatomy with practice through an increased clinical focus, many new diagnostic imaging examples, and bonus clinical illustrations and guides online.
The book contains color figures.
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Editorial Reviews
From Barnes & Noble
For years, Dr. Frank Netter toiled to create clear, concise and useable medical illustrations, first for the Clinical Symposia and then for the Ciba Collection. Medical specialists have come to depend upon his light touch and fine sense of detail for their studies of gross anatomy since 1948. Surgeons and nurses appreciate the balance Netter struck between simplification and complexity, and his views mirror surgical techniques. This new edition, published since Netter's passing under the aegis of Arthur Dalley, has been updated and revised, and the surgical views have been made even cleaner. Several new plates have been added, all rendered "in the Netter style." There is no text, only well-positioned labels and multi-color diagrams. The book's index and overall organization is superb. If you're studying or practicing medicine, this oversized volume should have a place on your bookshelf.
Fatbrain reviewed this book and the publisher's summary, and found that the summary accurately reflects the book's contents.
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Besides the bound version of Netter's Atlas, there is also a CD-ROM edition, Interactive Atlas of Human Anatomy, Version 2.0, featuring the same excellent images. The pre-med or nursing school student will appreciate Human Anatomy and Physiology and Clinically Oriented Anatomy, on which Dalley collaborated. For a microscopic look, see Kerr'sAtlas of Functional Histology. One of the classic explications of both molecular and cellular physiology is Guyton's Textbook of Medical Physiology.
Reviewed by JR - April 05, 2000
From the Publisher
"This book is illustrated with countless of detailed diagrams by Frank netter and it is detail, charm and clarity of these diagrams that is very much the strength of the book."Med Saint, January 2013
John A. McNulty
This book has had a longstanding reputation for detailed illustrations of the anatomy of the human body. This second edition continues that excellent tradition. The author's goal is to produce a one-volume collection of illustrations of normal anatomy reaching "a happy medium between complexity and simplification." He achieves that goal with great success. Any student of anatomy should have a copy of this atlas in reach while they study. For members of the medical and allied health professions, the atlas provides a ready source of clear and beautiful illustrations to refresh anatomical knowledge. A complete and detailed index is available for review. This atlas comprises a classic series of illustrations of various gross anatomical views divided by region of the body. New to this edition is the inclusion of a chapter on cross-sectional anatomy containing 11 illustrations of cross-sections from vertebral level T3 to the coccyx. A careful comparison of the plates in this second edition with those in the first revealed a few minor changes. Some figures were redrawn to more accurately reflect normal anatomy and some of the labels were changed (e.g., the central tendon of the perineum is changed to perineal body). I recommend the atlas, but those who already own a copy of the first edition probably won't be interested in this "upgrade."Choice
Seldom has the appearance of a new scientific book created as much excitement as has Netter's Atlas of Human Anatomy. It has been discussed in the national press and was the subject of a special segment of a network television prime-time news program. The attention provided this book is well deserved. Netter's career during the past 50 years has been as a medical artist, and he has produced more than 4,000 illustrations. . . . Now Dr. Netter has culminatedhis career by combining in one volume his outstanding illustrations of the anatomy of the human body. He has updated and improved many of his previous drawings, and he has created new pictures to fill gaps where no previous ones existed. The end result of this effort is a book of outstanding artistic and scientific merit that is destined to become a classic both in the field of human anatomy and in artistic portrayal of the human body.Library Journal
Now in its second edition, this is undoubtedly the best single-volume medical atlas available today, the only better resource being Netter's classic eight-volume set, published in 13 physical volumes over 33 years starting in 1959 and originally called CIBA Collection of Medical Illustrations after the publisher. (The name was changed to Netter's Collection of Medical Illustrations by the new publisher, Novartis.) Once again, Netter's masterly artwork has been faithfully reproduced, though the first edition (LJ 12/89) has been updated to reflect current anatomical knowledge and to incorporate new cross-sectional images to assist in the recognition of current "scanned" images. Organized by anatomical regions, the illustrations are colorful, easily defined, and clearly labeled, and the book closes with a very easy-to-use 48-page index. Highly recommended for public and academic librariesEric D. Albright, Duke Univ. Medical Ctr. Lib., Durham, NCBooknews
**** Netter, creater of the classic CIBA collection of medical illustrations (cited in BCL3) has selected from those great drawings, revising some anatomy and terminology, and made new illustrations when he felt it necessary for this work. This volume has 514 color plates, many with multiple views, all done in Netter's well- known, widely-used, and lucid style. This book will displace many now used in anatomy courses as reference/text books. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)Doody Review Services
Reviewer: John A. McNulty, PhD (Loyola University Medical Center)Description: This book has had a longstanding reputation for detailed illustrations of the anatomy of the human body. This second edition continues that excellent tradition.
Purpose: The author's goal is to produce a one-volume collection of illustrations of normal anatomy reaching "a happy medium between complexity and simplification." He achieves that goal with great success.
Audience: Any student of anatomy should have a copy of this atlas in reach while they study. For members of the medical and allied health professions, the atlas provides a ready source of clear and beautiful illustrations to refresh anatomical knowledge. A complete and detailed index is available for review.
Features: This atlas comprises a classic series of illustrations of various gross anatomical views divided by region of the body. New to this edition is the inclusion of a chapter on cross-sectional anatomy containing 11 illustrations of cross-sections from vertebral level T3 to the coccyx.
Assessment: A careful comparison of the plates in this second edition with those in the first revealed a few minor changes. Some figures were redrawn to more accurately reflect normal anatomy and some of the labels were changed (e.g., the central tendon of the perineum is changed to perineal body). I recommend the atlas, but those who already own a copy of the first edition probably won't be interested in this "upgrade."
From The Critics
Reviewer:John A. McNulty, PhD(Loyola University Medical Center)Description:This book has had a longstanding reputation for detailed illustrations of the anatomy of the human body. This second edition continues that excellent tradition.
Purpose:The author's goal is to produce a one-volume collection of illustrations of normal anatomy reaching "a happy medium between complexity and simplification." He achieves that goal with great success.
Audience:Any student of anatomy should have a copy of this atlas in reach while they study. For members of the medical and allied health professions, the atlas provides a ready source of clear and beautiful illustrations to refresh anatomical knowledge. A complete and detailed index is available for review.
Features:This atlas comprises a classic series of illustrations of various gross anatomical views divided by region of the body. New to this edition is the inclusion of a chapter on cross-sectional anatomy containing 11 illustrations of cross-sections from vertebral level T3 to the coccyx.
Assessment:A careful comparison of the plates in this second edition with those in the first revealed a few minor changes. Some figures were redrawn to more accurately reflect normal anatomy and some of the labels were changed (e.g., the central tendon of the perineum is changed to perineal body). I recommend the atlas, but those who already own a copy of the first edition probably won't be interested in this "upgrade."
Library Journal
Now in its second edition, this is undoubtedly the best single-volume medical atlas available today, the only better resource being Netter's classic eight-volume set, published in 13 physical volumes over 33 years starting in 1959 and originally called CIBA Collection of Medical Illustrations after the publisher. (The name was changed to Netter's Collection of Medical Illustrations by the new publisher, Novartis.) Once again, Netter's masterly artwork has been faithfully reproduced, though the first edition (LJ 12/89) has been updated to reflect current anatomical knowledge and to incorporate new cross-sectional images to assist in the recognition of current "scanned" images. Organized by anatomical regions, the illustrations are colorful, easily defined, and clearly labeled, and the book closes with a very easy-to-use 48-page index. Highly recommended for public and academic librariesEric D. Albright, Duke Univ. Medical Ctr. Lib., Durham, NCBooknews
**** Netter, creater of the classic CIBA collection of medical illustrations (cited in BCL3) has selected from those great drawings, revising some anatomy and terminology, and made new illustrations when he felt it necessary for this work. This volume has 514 color plates, many with multiple views, all done in Netter's well- known, widely-used, and lucid style. This book will displace many now used in anatomy courses as reference/text books. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)3 Stars from Doody
Product Details
Table of Contents
Preface
It is a testimony to the high quality of the first edition that a decade later record sales and course adoptions continue to increase annually. In view of this success, why a new edition? We intend to make the best-seller even better! In doing so, however, we have made a conscious effort not to significantly increase the overall size of the book or the level of detail, or alter the style of presentation, which students have clearly told us are some key reasons for the first edition'ssuccess.
The most noticeable changes are the importing of additional Netter illustrations (e.g., see Plates 288, 430, 432, and 511) and the addition of new artwork rendered masterfully in the Netter style by Novartis artist Carlos Machado, M.D. (see the new section on cross-sectional anatomy, Plates 512 through 525). These new plates and illustrations significantly enhance the usefulness of the Atlas in the contemporary anatomy curriculum and in practice, adding meaningful detail and helping the student to learn and understand cross-sectional anatomy, essential to the interpretation of the new medical imaging techniques. To accommodate the additional plates at least in part, several plates on variations of abdominal vasculature have been condensed. The common variations are still addressed; reference to The Netter (formerly CIBA) Collection of Medical Illustrations is recommended for treatment of the more rare anomalies.
Dr. Machado has made changes on a number of plates to correct anatomical errors and especially to update anatomical detail consistent with current knowledge, gained largely through the use of medical imaging techniques in studying the anatomy in the living. In particular, the section on the pelvis and perineum has been extensively revised, replacing the outdated concepts of the trilaminar "U.G. diaphragm" or "deep perineal pouch" and the planar external urethral sphincter with current concepts.
Labeling has also been improved by making the terminology consistent throughout the book and updating it to the most current standard for anatomical terminology. I am grateful to have had the assistance of Dr. Duane Haines (central nervous system), and especially Dr. Robert Leonard (everything else!) in this formidable task. Internationally, the Latin form of terminology has been replaced with more user-friendly anglicized forms (English equivalents), in both common usage and scholarly endeavors. Where the new terminology is a marked change from that previously employed, we have retained the previous term in parenthesis to ease the transition (e.g., fibular (peroneal) nerve). While most anatomists favor use of descriptive anatomical terminology, many clinicians are reluctant to forego the tradition of the eponym. Thus the more common eponyms have also been retained parenthetically. The index-which, as Dr. Netter remarked in reference to the first edition, "is a book in itself"-has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect the consistently applied, revised terminology. Accuracy of leader line placement has been increased even further, and leaders have been modified where necessary to delineate more clearly the labeled structures. The efforts of proofreader Nicole Friedman, who worked with me as we sacrificed our eyesight verifying the accuracy of the 32,000 leader lines running from as many labels, are also greatly appreciated.
Thanks to project editors Gina Dingle and Thomas Moore for their oversight (and insights), and to "the boss;" team leader Sandy Purrenhage, for cracking that whip and getting the job done mostly on schedule (reason be damned!). Special thanks to my wife, Muriel Dailey (still Dailey), for keeping the home fires burning, and for the patience she and our boys have had with me, my projects, and my office hours.
Arthur F. Dailey II, Ph.D.
Professor of Anatomy
Introduction
It involved going back over all the illustrations I had made over so many years, selecting those pertinent to gross anatomy, classifying them and organizing them by system and region, adapting them to page size and space and arranging them in logical sequence. Anatomy of course does not change, but our understanding of anatomy and its clinical significance does change, as do anatomical terminology and nomenclature. This therefore required much updating of many of the older pictures and even revision of a number of them in order to make them more pertinent to today's ever-expanding scope of medical and surgical practice. In addition, I found that there were gaps in the portrayal of medical knowledge aspictorialized in the illustrations I had previously done, and this necessitated my making a number of new pictures that are included in this volume.
In creating an atlas such as this, it is important to achieve a happy medium between complexity and simplification. If the pictures are too complex, they may be difficult and confusing to read; if oversimplified, they may not be adequately definitive or may even be misleading. I have therefore striven for a middle course of realism without the clutter of confusing minutiae. I hope that the students and members of the medical and allied professions will find the illustrations readily understandable, yet instructive and useful.
At one point, the publisher and I thought it might be nice to include a foreword by a truly outstanding and renowned anatomist, but there are so many in that category that we could not make a choice. We did think of men like Vesalius, Leonardo da Vinci, William Hunter and Henry Gray, who of course are unfortunately unavailable, but I do wonder what their comments might have been about this atlas.
Frank H. Netter, M.D.
(1906-1991)