Clinical Anatomy For Dummies

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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

Introduction 1

Part I: Beginning with Clinical Anatomy Basics 5

Chapter 1: Entering the World of Clinical Anatomy 7

Chapter 2: Getting a Grip on Terms Used in Clinical Anatomy13

Chapter 3: Examining the Integumentary, Musculoskeletal, andNervous Systems 23

Chapter 4: Moving Along with the Cardiovascular and RespiratorySystems 39

Chapter 5: Looking at the Immune and Lymphatic Systems 49

Chapter 6: Delving into the Digestive, Urinary, and EndocrineSystems 57

Part II: Understanding the Thorax, Abdomen, and Pelvis67

Chapter 7: Checking Out the Thoracic Cage and Coverings 69

Chapter 8: Assessing the Thoracic Organs 85

Chapter 9: Bellying Up to the Abdominal Wall 105

Chapter 10: Probing the Abdominal Organs 119

Chapter 11: Seeing the Pelvis and the Perineum 145

Part III: Looking at the Head, Neck, and Back 167

Chapter 12: Head of the Class 169

Chapter 13: Seeing, Smelling, Tasting, and Hearing 193

Chapter 14: It s Neck and Neck 219

Chapter 15: Back to Back 239

Part IV: Moving to the Upper and Lower Extremities257

Chapter 16: Shouldering the Load: The Pectoral Girdle and theArm 259

Chapter 17: Bending the Elbow and Focusing on the Forearm277

Chapter 18: Shaking Hands and Grabbing the Wrist 287

Chapter 19: Getting Hip to the Hip and the Thigh 303

Chapter 20: Knowing the Knee and the Leg 319

Chapter 21: Finding the Ankle and the Foot 335

Part V: The Part of Tens 349

Chapter 22: Ten Helpful Clinical Anatomy Mnemonics 351

Chapter 23: Ten Ways to Look into the Body without Cutting ItOpen 357

Index 361

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.