Cunningham's Manual of Practical Anatomy Volume 3 Head, Neck and Brain

Description

The 17th edition of this renowned anatomy text covers all the gross anatomy competencies required by the National Medical Council of India curricula. Volume 3 provides a clear, trustworthy, and complete guide to the head, neck and brain.

All relevant competencies regarding surface marking are included in a new chapter to help with exam preparation, ensuring students can find clear coverage of what they need to know. Richly illustrated and packed with dissection boxes, clinical examples, and clinical application boxes, this text helps readers to easily learn anatomy in the dissection lab, classroom, and hospital.

Purchasers of the 17th edition can access 50 multiple-choice questions and extra image-based revision content. Reader-friendly, Cunningham brings expert anatomical teaching to the modern-day student of medicine, dentistry, and allied health sciences.

Rachel Koshi, Professor, Department of Cellular Biology & Anatomy, Medical College of Georgia-Savannah at Georgia Southern University, Georgia, USA

Rachel Koshi has over thirty years' experience of teaching anatomy. She began her career in Anatomy in Christian Medical College, Vellore, India, where she taught Anatomy for more than 20 years and headed the Anatomy Department for eight years. Later she worked with Cornell University, New York, as Professor and Head of Anatomy in Weill Cornell Medical College in Qatar for nine years, before returning to India and taking up a post at Apollo. In 2024 Rachel retired as Professor and Head of Department of Anatomy in Apollo Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Chittoor, India. She currently teaches Anatomy at the Medical College of Georgia-Savannah at Georgia Southern University, in the US and teaches anatomy as a volunteer internationally. In the past she has served as an expert reviewer for Grays Anatomy, Grays Anatomy for Students, and Atlas of Human Anatomy by Frank Netter.

Table of contents

Part 1 - Head and neck
1:Introduction to the head and neck
2:Osteology of the head and neck
3:The scalp and face
4:The posterior triangle of the neck
5:The anterior triangle of the neck
6:The back
7:The cranial cavity
8:Deep dissection of the neck
9:The prevertebral region
10:The orbit
11:The eyeball
12:Organs of hearing and equilibrium
13:The parotid region
14:The temporal and infratemporal regions
15:The submandibular region
16:The mouth and pharynx
17:The tongue
18:The cavity of the nose
19:The larynx
20:The contents of the vertebral canal
21:The joints of the neck
22:Surface marking of the head and neck
23:MCQs on head and neck
Part 2 - The brain and spinal cord
24:Introduction to the brain and spinal cord
25:The meninges of the brain
26:The blood vessels of the brain
27:The spinal cord
28:The brainstem
29:The cerebellum
30:The diencephalon
31:The cerebrum
32:The ventricular system
33:MCQs on brain and spinal cord
Part 3 - Cross-sectional anatomy
34:Cross- sectional anatomy of the head and neck
35:Answers to MCQs
Index