Oxford Textbook of Functional Anatomy Volume 1: Musculo-skeletal System

by MacKinnon, Pamela C. B.; Morris, John F.; Besterman, Audrey

• ISBN13: 9780192628169
• ISBN10: 019262816X
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2005-06-16
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

Despite changes in the undergraduate medical curriculum, a sound understanding of how the body is built and functions remains fundamental to all aspects of medicine, not least the interpretation of the products of the new imaging systems. Most diagnoses have to be arrived at from an examination of the intact living body and so an understanding of the functional anatomy of the living body and how it should be examined, remains a critical skill for practitioners. The second edition of the Oxford Textbook of Functional Anatomy: Musculoskeletal System considers changes in the medical curriculum and pays careful attention to whether or not some item of information is likely to be helpful either in aiding the understanding of the principles of body structure or in everyday clinical practice. As a result, all guidance on dissection and the origins and insertions of individual muscles, on which students in the past have spent a disproportionate amount of time, have been largely removed from the text and are indicated instead of the relevant illustrations. Emphasis on the anatomy of the living subject has been increased, and to underline the increasing importance of non-invasive imaging, there are more computerized tomograms and magnetic resonance imaging. Many of these have been merged with the text in addition to separate subsections which present them in ordered sequence.

Table of Contents

Introduction to functional anatomy

Body tissues and systems

Medical imaging

Embryonic development of the musculoskeletal system

The upper limb: introduction

The upper limb: bones of the shoulder girdle and upper limb

The upper limb: the shoulder girdle and its movements

The upper limb: the shoulder joint and its movements

The upper limb: the elbow joint and its movements

The upper limb: joints and movements of the forearm and wrist

The upper limb: joints and movement of the fingers and thumb

The upper limb: blood supply and lymphatic drainage of the upper limb

The upper limb: innervation of the upper limb

The lower limb: introduction

The lower limb: bones of the pelvic girdle and lower limb

The lower limb: joints and movement of the pelvic girdle and hip

The lower limb: the knee joint and its movements

The lower limb: joints of the lower leg and their movements

The lower limb: joints and movements of the foot

The lower limb: blood supply and lymphatic drainage of the lower limb

The lower limb: innervation of the lower limb

Spinal column

Human upright stance, sitting, and locomotion

experimental examination of tissues

Index

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