Illustrated Human Anatomy: The Authoritative Visual Guide to the Human Body

by Sharat Vayttaden, Dana Gustafson, Sebastian Kaulitzki (Illustrator)

The world's most precise scientific illustrations of the human body. Packed with astonishing facts and superb quality 3-D illustrations, Illustrated Human Anatomy is a state-of-the art guide to the human body that is destined to become the definitive illustrated human anatomy reference. Accessible text and detailed annotations give the names of organs and structures throughout the skeletal, muscular, lymphatic, cardiovascular, nervous, and reproductive systems, with focus features reviewing disorders of each system. Illustrated Human Anatomy features the same precise 3-D illustrations used by medical schools and hospitals -- the accuracy is without par. Spreads feature a variety of body parts, such as muscle, bone, soft tissue and vascular, with explanatory text by Dr. Milnes, as well as sidebars and boxes. All images are fully annotated and may be shown in a variety of cross-sections; views (front, top, side); projections; and overlays. Focus facts appear in balloons and other call-outs, and there are feature spreads throughout, such as one on fetal development. The illustrations are from SciePro, the world's pre-eminent medical science graphics studio of its kind. It has compiled a library of 50,000 scientific illustrations, animations and 3-D digital animated models of the human body, the most detailed and medically accurate available. To date they are have been used in more than 700 projects by pharmaceutical, medical, and scientific clients around the globe, such as Stanford University and Ohio State University, Swiss Surgery, Proctor and Gamble, NextBio, St. Jude Medical, Pfizer and Endostim. Illustrated Human Anatomy is an exciting addition to our catalog. It meets the highest standards demanded by medical schools and hospitals yet it is easily understood by lay readers. It is a superb choice for professional use, and is an essential, affordable purchase for general circulation and for science and medical reference desks as well as personal libraries.

320 pages, Hardcover

Published September 9, 2021

Reviews

[James Corson · Rating 2 out of 5]

I picked up this book at the library to learn more about anatomy, and for the most part, it was helpful. Unfortunately, the book was pretty dry, so it wasn't exactly an exiting read. My eyes glazed over near the end of each section, where the book just rambled on about any and every disorder impacting each system of the body. Even worse, the book had quite a few typos in it. I can get past the spelling mistakes, but there were a handful of time when the typo led to factually incorrect information. (I recall one instance where the book said that a certain disorder was linked to mutations on the X chromosome, so males were more likely to pass it on to their male offspring.) On the plus side, this book has lots of nice illustrations, which I found to be helpful. So overall, this book was just fine. I learned some stuff, but I'm sure there are better, more interesting anatomy books out there.