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Though Grant's Dissector does include some basic illustrations, you'll still need a good atlas. It saves time and helps you to spare important features for viewing. Grant's Dissector is an excellent resource for gross anatomy lab. It includes step-by-step instructions on the most efficient way to dissect your assigned cadaver.
Couldn't have asked for anything more. Everything was delivered in a timely manner as described.
Save your money, buy a cheap old Netter's atlas, and learn the anatomy the real way. You'll be able to find about 80% of what you need to find on your own, another table or group will have better examples of the things you screw up. This book played no role in my learning anatomy, or dissecting the cadaver, in medical school anatomy lab. This was "Required" for my medical school class this year. Your dissecting skills, whether pro or neophyte, will get the job done either way. Moreover, the book ends up getting oily and ruined too quickly to be of much use. It was insisted upon by our instructors, who decried my purchase of the 13th edition as insufficient for the task.I paged through this book one time before our second lab, and discovered very quickly that most medical students aren't A+ dissectors, and that much of the direction within this book is too tedious and too impractical for a medical school laboratory session. Frankly, we just used an old Netter's atlas and dissected carefully.
The purpose of this dissector is to provide a concise, easily understood method for dissection while in lab. Though the order of dissection may not make sense as you work through, it is planned with the intention of preserving reference structures for later dissections.
However, I realized that if I took note of the strucures and Clinical Corrs in the order/ way explained by the dissector, I was able to memorize the material more efficiently. I've completed a cadaveric anatomy course twice now, and actually hated this dissector the first time I used it.
I am an M1 at UAMS, and Dr. Tank actually recommends his grease dissector, with 2 other grease atlases per table in lab.
THIS IS NOT AN ATLAS - it is a dissector, and as such, I think it serves its purpose. Tank (the author of this text) is actually our Anatomy professor.
The images are intentionally simplistic with the understanding that there are other references (such as Rohen or Netter, which is what I use) that provide more detailed at-home references while studying.
I own them all and love them all.One problem: the binding is that terrible metal-coil fall-apart-the-instant-you-open-the-book style. Grant's has simple schematics to help you locate structures as you dissect, as well as references to Grant's Atlas, Netter's, Clemente ("regional atlas") and Rohen (photographic). Try to find one that is book-bound. Excellent dissection guide for a cadaveric anatomy course. Buy two, one as a "greaser" and one to keep at home to study from.
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