Clinically Oriented Anatomy

TLDR

Moore's book uses a regional approach with diagrams from Professor Grant to provide a logical, pedagogically beneficial continuity, and clinically oriented comments justify the extensive study of anatomy by clarifying anatomy for clinicians. This text is written expressly for the medical student studying anatomy for the first time. The book highlights clinically oriented comments in light‑gray text, ranging one to five paragraphs, and concludes each chapter with patient‑oriented case studies linking anatomy to clinical scenarios. The book intersperses anatomy with clinical scenarios, aiming to maintain student interest and heighten awareness of its clinical significance.

Abstract

This text is written expressly for the medical student studying anatomy for the first time. Using the regional approach and diagrams and illustrations from the late Professor Grant's publications, Moore's book maintains a logical and pedagogically beneficial continuity. A clinical justification for the massive effort of the study of anatomy is fulfilled by many of the clinically oriented comments. They relate the anatomy to a variety of circumstances that might arise in a clinical setting and are interspersed frequently among anatomic considerations of each region (chapter). These comments are set off by a light gray color and are from one to five paragraphs in length. It is presumed the student's interest is maintained and an awareness of the clinical significance of the anatomy heightened. There is no doubt that the comments clarify the anatomy for the clinician. At the end of each chapter, several cases are presented which correlate patient-oriented