Now in its Sixth Edition, BRS Gross Anatomy is a primary course review and textbook for medical students in first-year anatomy courses. Written in concise, bulleted outline format, this text offers USMLE-style questions with answers and explanations at the end of each chapter and in an end-of-book comprehensive exam. Other features include nearly 150 two-color illustrations, 50 radiologic clinical images, Clinical Correlations boxes, end-of-chapter summaries, and muscle tables. New to this edition are highlighted "Development Checks" sections on embryology. Terminology has been updated to conform to Terminologia Anatomica. The fully searchable text and a question bank will be available online at thePoint.
Customer Reviews:
Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0
Chung's Anatomy Review:
I'm a first year Physical Therapy student and this book has been really helpful in studying for finals. It has a lot of helpful clinical correlations along with a fairly detailed review of all the gross anatomy. Very helpful.
Get ready for straight bullet point details.:
This book is very intense. For those of you familiar with the BRS series the golden books of the series include physiology and pathology. These books are very well written and easy to understand. This is in direct contrast to what this book is. I would compare it to the BRS neuroanatomy. These books are extremely long and very detailed! Much too long for a quick board review book, so don't be deceived by the title. I cannot over emphasize enough how weighed down in detailed these books are. Although high... more info
Gross anatomy review:
I wish I had used this book when I took the course instead of reading it for board review. It is fairly detailed and requires a lot of time.
BRS Gross Anatomy Review:
Very succint review of all of gross anatomy. The pictures are okay, but you should probably keep an atlas of human anatomy around. The questions after each chapter are indicative of the questions I've experienced in medical school. Overall, this is probably the best way to prepare for class and boards.
