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Informationen zum Autor David Terfera, PhD, teaches biomedical sciences at the University of Bridgeport College of Naturopathic Medicine. Shereen Jegtvig, DC, MS, is a health and nutrition writer. Klappentext Learn to: Use common clinical anatomy terms Recognize bones, muscles, nerves, and other structures of the body Score your highest in a clinical anatomy course Your ticket to acing a clinical anatomy course Need help with your college-level clinical anatomy course? This book presents a friendly, unintimidating overview of the material you're studying, including clinical anatomy terms, the systems of the body, and various structures of the thorax, abdomen, pelvis, head, neck, back, and limbs. Clear definitions, concise explanations, and plenty of illustrations will help you make the grade! Clinical Anatomy 101 -- get the skinny on how clinical anatomy compares to other types of anatomical study and make sense of the vocabulary used in clinical anatomy All systems go -- discover how to organize the body into different systems, including the musculoskeletal, nervous, cardiovascular, and digestive systems Get under your skin -- find out everything you need to know about the three regions that comprise the trunk -- the thorax, the abdomen, and the pelvis Get a "head" of the class -- understand the ins and outs of what"s going on in your head, neck, and back Go to extremes -- understand the structures and movements of the upper and lower extremities Open the book and find: Plain-English explanations of terms used in clinical anatomy The makeup of various systems of the body Details about the thorax, the abdomen, and the pelvis Structures in the head, the neck, and the back Parts of the upper and lower limbs Ten useful clinical anatomy mnemonics 16 pages of full-color illustrations Zusammenfassung Your ticket to acing Clinical Anatomy Clinical anatomy is the study of human anatomy as it relates to clinical practice. Unlike a basic anatomy and physiology course designed to teach general anatomical knowledge! clinical anatomy focuses on specific structures and issues that people may encounter in a clinical setting. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1 About This Book 1 Conventions Used in This Book 1 What You're Not to Read 2 Foolish Assumptions 2 How This Book is Organized 2 Part I: Beginning with Clinical Anatomy Basics 3 Part II: Understanding the Thorax, Abdomen, and Pelvis 3 Part III: Looking at the Head, Neck, and Back 3 Part IV: Moving to the Upper and Lower Extremities 3 Part V: The Part of Tens 3 Icons Used in This Book 4 Where to Go from Here 4 Part I: Beginning with Clinical Anatomy Basics 5 Chapter 1: Entering the World of Clinical Anatomy 7 Studying the Body in Different Ways 7 Looking under the microscope or with your eyes 7 Speaking clinically: Terms used in clinical anatomy 8 Dividing the Body into Systems and Regions 8 Organizing the body by systems 9 Organizing the body by regions 10 Chapter 2: Getting a Grip on Terms Used in Clinical Anatomy 13 Describing Anatomy by Position, Region, and Plane 13 Beginning with the anatomical position 14 Figuring out what goes where in anatomical regions 14 Knowing what's up, down, back, and front in specific terms 16 Slicing the body into anatomical planes 17 Labeling Anatomical Movement 19 Bending and straightening 19 Going away and getting closer 19 Moving in circles 20 Surveying other ways to move 20 Chapter 3: Examining the Integumentary, Musculoskeletal, and Nervous Systems 23 Showing Interest in ...
