Cunningham’s Manual of Practical Anatomy Volume 2 Thorax and Abdomen Seventeenth Edition

The 17th edition of this renowned anatomy text covers all the gross anatomy competencies required by the National Medical Council of India curricula. Volume 2 provides a clear, trustworthy, and complete guide to the thorax, abdomen, pelvis, perineum, and trunk. Five new chapters on, osteology and surface marking gives students easy-to-read and well-illustrated accounts of these topics for learning and exam preparation.

Richly illustrated and packed with dissection boxes, clinical examples, and application boxes this text helps readers to easily learn anatomy in the dissection lab, classroom, and hospital. Purchasers of the 17th edition can access the online version of the book with 50 multiple choice questions and extra image-based revision content in an online appendix (see inside cover for details). A list of competencies at the beginning of the book shows where each key topic is covered for easy revision.

Reader-friendly, and completely updated, Cunningham’s brings expert anatomical teaching to the modern-day student of medicine, dentistry, and allied health sciences.

• A completely updated and modernised new edition
• Using easily understandable language, this text is ideal for undergraduate students
• Colour anatomical images and radiology images
• Dissections include learning outcomes and clear step-by-step instructions
• Clinical application boxes make direct links between anatomy and clinical medicine

New to this Edition:

• Covers the gross anatomy competencies required by the National Medical Council of India
• 5 new chapters cover Osteology, and Surface Marking
• Free access to the online version of the book includes bonus questions to help revision
• Provides a list of where NMC competencies are addressed in the text

CONTENTS

Part 1 – Introduction
1:Introduction to the trunk
Part 2 – The thorax
2:Introduction to the thorax
3:Osteology of the thorax
4:The walls of the thorax
5:The cavity of the thorax
6:Surface marking of the thorax
7:MCQs on the thorax
Part 3 – The abdomen
8:Introduction to the abdomen
9:Osteology of the abdomen
10:The anterior abdominal wall
11:The male external genital organs
12:The lower back
13:The abdominal cavity
14:The diaphragm
15:The posterior abdominal wall
16:Surface marking of the abdomen
17:MCQs on the abdomen
Part 4 – The pelvis and perineum
18:Introduction to the pelvis and perineum
19:Osteology of the pelvis and perineum
20:The perineum
21:The pelvic viscera
22:The pelvic wall
23:MCQs on the pelvis and perineum