Awards

• Winner of Benjamin Franklin Award (Science) 2009

Overview

Praise for this book: Impressive...remarkably effective.--Journal of the American Medical Association [Five stars] A brilliant masterpiece, filled with anatomical illustrations of great accuracy, appropriately labeled and aesthetically appealing.--Doody's Review Atlas of Anatomy contains everything students need to successfully tackle the daunting challenges of anatomy. Complete with exquisite, full-color illustrations by award-winning artists Markus Voll and Karl Wesker, the atlas is organized to lead students step-by-step through each region of the body. Each region opens with the foundational skeletal framework. The subsequent chapters build upon this foundation, adding the muscles, then organs, then vessels, then nerves, and finally presenting topographic anatomy for a comprehensive view. Each unit closes with surface anatomy accompanied by questions that ask the reader to apply knowledge learned for the real-life physical examination of patients. Features: *2,200 full-color illustrations of unsurpassed quality * Brief introductory texts that provide an accessible entry point when a new topic is presented * Clinical correlates and images, including radiographs, MRIs, CT scans, and endoscopic views * Muscle Fact pages that organize the essentials, including origin, insertion, and innervation -- ideal for memorization, reference, and review * Navigators that orient the reader with location and plane of dissection * A scratch-off code provides access to WinkingSkull.com PLUS, an interactive online study aid, featuring over 600 full-color anatomy illustrations and radiographs, labels-on, labels-off functionality, and timed self-tests This atlas provides everything students need in just the right format, making the mastery of human anatomy eminently achievable. Teaching anatomy? We have the educational e-product you need. Instructors can use the Thieme Teaching Assistant: Anatomy to download and easily import 2,000+ full-color illustrations to enhance presentations, course materials, and handouts.

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9781604060621

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The 2200 full-color illustrations are...impressive. The artists, with their sensitive rendering of light and shadow, have achieved a remarkably effective 3-dimensional representation of structures...without sacrificing clarity. Throughout, extensive tables and charts make it easy to find factual information..It seems likely that the trend away from buying or even using books will continue as online resources become more prevalent...However the beauty of the images in Thieme's Atlas of Anatomy, and the clarity of the concise tables and textual notes, may help stem the ride and rekindle student interest in the use of books.--Journal of the American Medical Association[Five stars] A brilliant masterpiece, filled with anatomical illustrations of great accuracy, appropriately labeled...aesthetically appealing...flows logically and systematically through the regions of the body...indispensable...for medical students...and medical residents in surgical specialties.--Doody's ReviewThe illustrations by Voll and Wesker are exquisite...The shading and color used are extremely detiled and visually pleasing. Illustration labeling is easy to read. Atlas of Anatomy is a very useful tool for the medical student. It provides complete and informative coverage of the subject matter with the highest quality artwork available in any atlas... Atlas of Anatomy serves as an excellent source of high-yield information and is highly recommended.--JAOAHave you ever pulled out an atlas of anatomy to show a patient a tendon or muscle that is a source of his symptoms? Or have you referred back to your anatomy text from school to remind yourself of the relationship between structures? Are you a student taking anatomy? Then the newly published book from Thieme, Atlas of Anatomy, and its interactive website, www.winkingskull.com, should be on your reference shelf and bookmarked on your computer. The drawings appear to leap off the page in three rather than two dimensions... I was blown away b

The 2200 full-color illustrations are...impressive. The artists, with their sensitive rendering of light and shadow, have achieved a remarkably effective 3-dimensional representation of structures...without sacrificing clarity. Throughout, extensive tables and charts make it easy to find factual information..It seems likely that the trend away from buying or even using books will continue as online resources become more prevalent...However the beauty of the images in Thieme's Atlas of Anatomy, and the clarity of the concise tables and textual notes, may help stem the ride and rekindle student interest in the use of books. --Journal of the American Medical Association <p> [Five stars] A brilliant masterpiece, filled with anatomical illustrations of great accuracy, appropriately labeled...aesthetically appealing...flows logically and systematically through the regions of the body...indispensable...for medical students...and medical residents in surgical specialties. --Doody's Revie

The 2200 full-color illustrations are...impressive. The artists, with their sensitive rendering of light and shadow, have achieved a remarkably effective 3-dimensional representation of structures...without sacrificing clarity. Throughout, extensive tables and charts make it easy to find factual information..It seems likely that the trend away from buying or even using books will continue as online resources become more prevalent...However the beauty of the images in Thieme's Atlas of Anatomy, and the clarity of the concise tables and textual notes, may help stem the ride and rekindle student interest in the use of books. --Journal of the American Medical Association <p> [Five stars] A brilliant masterpiece, filled with anatomical illustrations of great accuracy, appropriately labeled...aesthetically appealing...flows logically and systematically through the regions of the body...indispensable...for medical students...and medical residents in surgical specialties. --Doody's Review

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University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

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