Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy Volume 2 Thorax and Abdomen

by Rachel Koshi

Overview

The 17th edition of this renowned anatomy text covers all the gross anatomy competencies required by the National Medical Council of India curricula. Volume 2 provides a clear, trustworthy, and complete guide to the thorax, abdomen, pelvis, perineum, and trunk. Five new chapters on, osteology and surface marking gives students easy-to-read and well-illustrated accounts of these topics for learning and exam preparation.

Richly illustrated and packed with dissection boxes, clinical examples, and application boxes this text helps readers to easily learn anatomy in the dissection lab, classroom, and hospital. Purchasers of the 17th edition can access the online version of the book with 50 multiple choice questions and extra image-based revision content in an online appendix (see inside cover for details). A list of competencies at the beginning of the book shows where each key topic is covered for easy revision.

Reader-friendly, and completely updated, Cunningham's brings expert anatomical teaching to the modern-day student of medicine, dentistry, and allied health sciences.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780198939016
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	10/30/2025
Edition description:	17th ed.
Pages:	384
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

About the Author

Rachel Koshi, Professor, Department of Cellular Biology & Anatomy, Medical College of Georgia-Savannah at Georgia Southern University, Georgia, USA

Rachel Koshi has over thirty years' experience of teaching anatomy. She began her career in Anatomy in Christian Medical College, Vellore, India, where she taught Anatomy for more than 20 years and headed the Anatomy Department for eight years. Later she worked with Cornell University, New York, as Professor and Head of Anatomy in Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar for nine years, before returning to India and taking up a post at Apollo. In 2024 Rachel retired as Professor and Head of Department of Anatomy in Apollo Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Chittoor, India. She currently teaches Anatomy at the Medical College of Georgia-Savannah at Georgia Southern University, in the US and teaches anatomy as a volunteer internationally. In the past she has served as an expert reviewer for Grays Anatomy, Grays Anatomy for Students, and Atlas of Human Anatomy by Frank Netter.

Table of Contents

Part 1 - Introduction1. Introduction to the trunkPart 2 - The thorax2. Introduction to the thorax3. Osteology of the thorax4. The walls of the thorax5. The cavity of the thorax6. Surface marking of the thorax7. MCQs on the thoraxPart 3 - The abdomen8. Introduction to the abdomen9. Osteology of the abdomen10. The anterior abdominal wall11. The male external genital organs12. The lower back13. The abdominal cavity14. The diaphragm15. The posterior abdominal wall16. Surface marking of the abdomen17. MCQs on the abdomenPart 4 - The pelvis and perineum18. Introduction to the pelvis and perineum19. Osteology of the pelvis and perineum20. The perineum21. The pelvic viscera22. The pelvic wall23. MCQs on the pelvis and perineum