Human Structure

by Matt Cartmill, James Shafland, William L. Hylander

Book Overview

Human Structure is an innovative introduction to human gross anatomy with a twofold approach to view the basics of anatomy from a broad scientific perspective and to explain the facts of form and function in terms and concepts that minimize the usual confusion and anxiety of beginning anatomy studies. Functional, comparative, and developmental anatomy are ingeniously woven into a single explanatory perspective, presenting human anatomy as...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674418050
• ISBN13: 9780674418059
• Release Date: February 1987
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 464 Pages
• Weight: 3.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.8" x 9.6"

Customer Reviews

Anatomy explained

Most anatomy books are dry. I'm a radiology resident, and have looked through several trying to find one that would be easily digestible. This is the one. The text is full of interesting explanations of structure and function from the standpoint of evolutionary biology. Why do the testicles descend from the abdomen during development? The authors go back to the mesonephros of primitive ocean vertebrates and explain it in a few simple sentences. Pictures are more descriptive than accurate; it's no atlas. But if you like learning by understanding instead of by rote, I think this book will do you proud.