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Title: Principles of Human Anatomy by Gerard J. Tortora ISBN: 0-471-38728-2 Publisher: Wiley Text Books Pub. Date: 06 July, 2001 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $132.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3 (3 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Principles of Human Anatomy
Comment: I only wish my teacher had chosen another book. Many times the author goes on rambling on and on where a body part is located from each other and only confuses the reader and never mentions the function of the body part or with only a simple explanation. Like for example: The greater wings of the sphenoid project laterally from the body, forming the anterolateral floor of the cranium. The greater wings also form part of the lateral wall of the skull just anterior to the temporal bone. The lesser wings, which are smaller than the greater wings, form a ridge of bone anterior and superior to the greater wings. They form part of the floor of the cranium and the posterior part of the orbit. And it ends with that. OK, so what I say! Who cares where the part is located, I can see that for myself in the picture; I want to know something relevant with the part. Also, it is very rare when the pictures is on the same page as the body part; you have to keep flipping the pages back and forth to follow the author's description. I just finished his axial skeleton section and my comment is: it is going to be torture reading the author's dry and immaterial way of writing. The author writes as if he is hiding something from you and you have to dig around to get the information. This is the 9th edition and renew every 3 years when there hasn't been a new anatomical part discovered in decades; ploy to keep the money bag flowing. I only hope that in the 10th or perhaps, the 15th edition the author will let us in on what he is trying to convey. Maybe by then Tortora can get it right.
Rating: 4
Summary: Useful & Thorough Anatomy Text
Comment: I've found this textbook a useful self-study guide. It is set up logically by body system with accessible pronunciations and definitions and with each chapter building on the next. The illustrations are detailed, informative and easy to follow. Each chapter also contains practical information relating to today's medical practices as it pertains to each body system. I was not as impressed with the companion "A Photographic Atlas of the Human Body" as I prefer illustrations over cadaver photos.
Rating: 4
Summary: Very goog Human Anatomy
Comment: This is a nice Human Anatomy Book. The Structure of the book based on Systems in human body rather than zones.I believe this gives a better overall view of the human body. Much better than that author gives explanation of every name first its pronounciation and than its meaning in original language.Pictures are mostly schematic, very few photographs of cut bodies, some scanning electron pictures were very nice.Together with this book I recommend Organ and Tissue book with scanning electron pictures. I also liked the littel windows called "clinical Application; that brings you into real world. Overall I liked it very much, it is more than just parts of body. It is with information and applications.
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Title: A Photographic Atlas of the Human Body: With Selected Cat, Sheep, and Cow Dissections by Gerard J. Tortora ISBN: 0471374873 Publisher: Wiley Text Books Pub. Date: 15 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $45.45 |
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Title: The Anatomy Coloring Book (3rd Edition) by Wynn Kapit, Lawrence M. Elson ISBN: 0805350861 Publisher: Pearson Education Pub. Date: 25 June, 2001 List Price(USD): $19.99 |
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Title: Human Anatomy Laboratory Manual with Cat Dissections (3rd Edition) by Elaine N. Marieb ISBN: 0805349685 Publisher: Pearson Education Pub. Date: 27 November, 2000 List Price(USD): $74.00 |
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Title: Basic Anatomy: A Laboratory Manual by B.L Allen ISBN: 0716717557 Publisher: W.H. Freeman & Company Pub. Date: 01 October, 1986 List Price(USD): $55.55 |
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Title: Microbiology: An Introduction, Eighth Edition by Gerard J. Tortora, Berdell R. Funke, Christine L. Case ISBN: 0805376143 Publisher: Pearson Education Pub. Date: 09 May, 2003 List Price(USD): $132.00 |
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