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 - Excellent book plagued with inconsistencies.This is a very nice, dense, textbook of anatomy for serious anatomy students (e.g. future surgeons) that I would give five stars were it not for inconsistencies and errors that plague the book. No, there are not 12 cervical vertebrae! That is the most obvious error I've found so far. There are several, but considering the size and density of the text the number of plain errors is not grossly out of proportion. The more serious offense this book commits, in my opinion, is to disagree with itself, which can seriously hinder learning the material. Often, Moore will say one thing in the text, another in the summary text, and yet another in the illustrations he refers to! For example, Moore says that the right bronchial artery often is a branch of the 3rd posterior intercostal artery, but the illustration he refers the reader to clearly shows the right bronchial artery as a branch of the FIFTH posterior intercostal artery. In the abdomen chapter, Moore says the arterial supply to the anterolateral abdominal wall includes 11th posterior intercostal artery, but the table and illustration referred to also includes the 10th posterior intercostal artery. I'm sure that some of these discrepancies can be chalked up to normal anatomical variations, but for God's sake tell us that or we have no way of knowing whether it is an error or variation! Anyway, these discrepancies happen with a high enough frequency that it warrants a two star deduction on an otherwise pristine textbook of anatomy. Rating: - A Bit Overrated... Better options out there...Overall, this book is ordinary. I bought it in first year med as a suggested text, but have not found it very useful. The main problem I find is that the explanations are too long and wordy - tough reading - and there are some mistakes. If you haven't already, try to borrow a copy of this book off someone and see if its your style. The clinical correlates are OK, but a bit superficial. If you're studying or practicing medicine, you'll be reading this stuff in clinical textbooks in more appropriate detail anyway. As someone previously mentioned, you can just as easily wikipedia this stuff, and to be honest, you might be surprised to get a better description there. Without question, I've got the most out of Grant's atlas (11th ed.), which has nice concise, relevant text. If you want the same sort of detail as Moore, I can recommend Snell's "Clinical Anatomy" as a better option - much easier to read, very clear explanations. Otherwise, "Mini-Moore", as a previous reviewer has mentioned, is more useful in day to day medical study, although I don't use it myself. Rating:  - Sets the standard for medical anatomy textsI have been using Moore and Daly's Clinically Oriented Anatomy in medical anatomy classes. The book has the best, most readable text and presents a complicated topic in a straightforeward manner. It is appropraite for medical, dental, graduate anatomy, and physician assistant classes but is probably too much for some programs and is definitely too dense for undergraduate anatomy classes. Check out Moore's Essential Clinical Anatomy (Point (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins)) text for undergraduate programs. Some reviewers have felt that there were too few pictures in the text. But remember, this is a textbook and not an atlas. I think the pictures are appropriate and provide some insight into the concepts that Moore and Daly are trying to get across. Besides, the book is already a hefty 1104 pages! One thing I'm especially impressed by is the constant updating of the text by the authors. Since anatomy is a fairly stable subject, it would be easy for them to leave it untouched but instead they continue to include changes in nomenclature and any new discoveries in anatomy (Yes, after all this time, we are still finding new feaures of the human body, just not too often). Rating: - Best book everThis is an amazing book, excellent book, It's easy to read, good graphics, It's everything you need for completely understand of the human anatomy. Rating:  - It depends what you are using this for?Do you want to do further reading, to expand on your mastery of anatomy? Ok, then this is ok. Do you want a reference manual? Ok, can't complain about this book. Are you a first year MD, DC, ND, DO, PA or whatever similiar student looking for the best way to learn? Then don't use this. It's my experience, that when using this with Netter, as much time or more is spent flipping through pages trying to find what you are looking for, then acutally learning. Grant's anatomy for students is vastly superior, with big clear pictures, that explaine concepts fully. Moore is too word, with too much detail, and makes learing a chore. More facts does not mean you will learn more, nor learn what do faster, or easier, with higher comprehension. I'm studing for board exams now, my BRS series anatomy book is totally read over, and I maybe put 15 minutes into looking at Moore the last 3 months. But really, if you need to find the odd fact, it's easier to just Wikipedia it, then search through Moore. In association with Amazon.com | |