Customer Reviews

General Anatomy and the Musculoskeletal System (THIEME Atlas of Anatomy)

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I have seen so many different anatomy textbooks and atlases that I feel I can speak with authority on this book.

I am a medical student and this book is the greatest atlas every created! Those small "look inside" illustrations online don't do it justice. The quality of illustrations is mind-blowing. The book is filled with normal view, action view, and what I call the "progessive pealed" view of general anatomy and the musculoskeletal systems. On one two-page layout you will see say, the upper extremity, and it will have 4 or 5 pictures of the same thing, same orientation, except muscles are removed progressively. This allows you to visualize nerves and vasculature in a way no other atlas allows for.

Now for a comparison. I will use Netter's (everybody's gold standard anatomy atlas). The Thieme atlas does not include internal organs (i.e. - anything inside the abdomen or chest), head or neck, nor would it be used for a neuroanatomy course due to the precision needed by such a course. It covers everything else though in great detail. The Netter has SLIGHTLY more detail... not much, in terms of an arrow with a name attached to it. However, the illustrations cannot begin to be compared. Thieme spent 8 years just on the illustrations. They blow Netter out of the water... honestly.

Thieme is releasing 2 more books to complement this one: Neck and Internal Organs, and Head and Neuroanatomy. I've already pre-ordered the Neck one. When the other 2 are done, NOTHING will compare. Of course, you would have to lug around 3 awesome books which may not be to everyone's liking. Also, the tables and graphs are spectacular.

If you don't want to lug around the extra books for perfect clarity of your course material, buy the Netter. You won't get the level of visual understanding and 3D feeling that you will with the Thieme but it is comprehensive and has a proven track record of success.

For me, I will lug the books around when needed, because now that I've seen the Holy Land of anatomy atlases, I can't go back to wandering for 40 years in the wilderness.

At our school we have an anatomist that is in his 70's and is credited for editing and correcting Netter's! He is amazing and he told us about this series. It is a three book series covering all of anatomy, but in the future they will condense this into a single book "Netter" style review. The images and illustration are unbelievable, with new and unique views that really reveal the relationships between structures. In addition, there is more teaching text and clinical imagery included that really brings concepts together. This three book series is THE reference to have on your shelf for the rest of your professional career. The musculoskeletal version would also be great for artists as well as medical students!

I am a 3d graphics artist working in LA. I've studied the human figure intensely for years. Over the years I've always been on the lookout for any anatomy books with clear illustrations rendered with anatomical skill. I've found a couple of books with photos of cadavers and their musculature but those can be difficult at times to make out distinct muscles and/or groups of muscles. After many years of study and searching, the Thieme Atlas is at the top of my list of anatomy texts. It is the only book I now use for anatomical study of the muscles (except the face of course).

I even emailed the musculoskeletal artist with compliments for his work.

I'm getting impatient for the other 2 books to be released.

It's the only atlas any artist should need for bone and muscle study of the body...minus the head.

I am a second year medical student and had the good fortune of using this book last year. In medicine, it is imperative to understand fascial layers and the relationships between different anatomical structures, this book provides that beautifully. This past week, I glanced through a pre-shipment of the neck and internal organ version and to my surprise it was even better than the General Anatomy version! Even though I am finished with Anatomy, I will be buying the new book for my reference.

Move over Netter and Gray's Thieme is the new standard.

As a Pilates insructor not a medical student, I feel a need for a basic understanding of anatomy. This book is so beautifully illustrated I feel as though I have journeyed inside of the body. I consider myself an intense visual learner and this book has been a wonderful teacher!!!!!

I may not be a doctor, or even a medical student, but as a yoga teacher interested in deep anatomical function and structure, I am always looking for reference material. When I first received notice that this book existed, I was first intrugued by the images. I have spent many an hour immersed in Frank Netter's legendary atlas, as well as Kapandji's incredible three volume set on the structure and physiology of the spine and joints. But after receiving this book I have gained more insight into the musculoskeletal system than I ever would have hoped from a single book. The illustrations are just astonishing, and the design and layout of the presentation is logical and well organized.

I especially enjoy the sections on functional muscle groups, which provide detailed information for a given muscle, including origin, insertion, actions and innervation. When you reference this information with the illustrations, it is easy to see structural functionality. The illustrators have cleverly implemented the use of transparency and layering to give clear insight into complex areas of interest. Now I can cross reference topics between Kapandji's books and Tom Myers' (incredible) Anatomy Trains book with Thieme's atlas, and all is crystal clear.

This book combines anatomical images with structural function in the clearest and most stunning way. My hat is way off to the illustrators for all their hard work and flawless design.

this is an amazing text book and has already been so benificial. diagrams are so clear and makes Netter's diagrams look average.
i cant ssay anything bad about it other than i want to go and buy the neuro/cranium version too, just because it is so good
A++++++

I asked my physical therapist "what is this bone that I feel here ..." and he showed me the Thieme Atlas of Anatomy.

Wow -- this book has helped me understand and visualize my body. I've looked at a lot of books on ballet and dance, to understand my movement, to identify my aches, and to improve my stretching. This book is by far the best I've seen. I have spent hours studying it to understand the relationships between bone and muscle.

I gave a copy to my dance coach as a gift, and she was thrilled. She has many anatomy books; some of them cost well over a hundred dollars. This is now the best in her collection, too.

You will not be disappointed if you buy this book.

As an artist and sculptor this book is the diffenitive anatomy text book offering multiple view, cross sections, insertions and area placement of the muscles and bones of the human body. The illustrations are beutifully clear and concise. I have several anatomy books and this tops them all on realistic anatomy.

I have Sabotta, Grant's, Netter's. This is better than them all. The only one I would say is better than Thieme is the Sabotta I used to have when I was in med school in Europe. I found out that unfortunately the US version of Sabotta has a different editor and is completely different and utterly inferior.