Musculoskeletal Anatomy Coloring Book, 1e [Paperback]

Joseph E. Muscolino DC (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0323025226 | ISBN-13: 978-0323025225 | Publication Date: December 15, 2003 | Edition: 1

Designed specifically for manual therapy students, this unique anatomy coloring book concentrates on musculoskeletal anatomy to help students better understand this important information. Other body systems are also covered, providing students with a complete review of anatomy. Providing more detailed coverage of the musculoskeletal system than other coloring books available, it is ideal for use as a primary study tool for reviewing anatomy - or as a companion to Muscolino's The Muscular System Manual: The Skeletal Muscles of the Human Body.

• A unique, comprehensive focus on the musculoskeletal system helps manual therapy students learn this essential information more effectively.
• Plentiful, high quality illustrations are anatomically correct, with clean lines, so students will find them easier to color.
• Coverage of musculoskeletal information is not only accurate, but also streamlined for manual therapy students so unnecessary information is eliminated.
• Content is logically organized by body region, moving from the head to the extremities in the skeletal and muscular system chapters, to help students quickly find what they are looking for and to make the chapters correspond with those in The Muscular System Manual: The Skeletal Muscles of the Human Body.
• A student-friendly layout is clean and uncluttered - consisting of a 2-page layout for each muscle/muscle group - to help students learn about aspects of the individual muscle and then look immediately at how it corresponds to the entire surrounding group of muscles.
• Blank lines are included with appropriate illustrations for self testing and studying, with answers provided in Appendix C.

Editorial Reviews

Book Description

Solid, hands-on practice that's fun, engaging, and best of all - it works!

About the Author

Joseph Muscolino, DC, Instructor, Connecticut Center for Massage Therapy, Newington, CT; Owner, LearnMuscles, Redding, CT

Product Details

• Paperback: 456 pages
• Publisher: Mosby; 1 edition (December 15, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0323025226
• ISBN-13: 978-0323025225
• Product Dimensions: 10.6 x 8.4 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #593,793 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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23 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An Excellent Learning Tool and....... FUN!, May 1, 2006

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Joan Koloski (OLd Saybrook, CT) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Musculoskeletal Anatomy Coloring Book, 1e (Paperback)

As a student of massage therapy I have found this particular "coloring book" an excellent supplement to the standard assigned textbooks for learning musculoskeletal anatomy. When I first picked up the book, I thought, "How corny....a coloring book to learn the bones and muscles of the human body." However, my thinking changed rapidly as I started to use it. I found that coloring the bones I was assigned to learn that week not only reinforced my classroom and textbook learning, but that it was really fun to take colored pencils and fill in the various parts. At age 55, my brain was not just learning the endless and bewildering names of all these body components, I was smiling at a coloring book, actually enjoying the otherwise tedious process! I might add that the organization of this book and the numerous "views" of the same muscles and bones is another great learning feature of this coloring book - unlike the small sketches and limited views in the Kapit/Elson anatomy coloring book which I also have.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb learning tool for anatomy students, March 14, 2006

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Luxenova (Westchester, NY) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Musculoskeletal Anatomy Coloring Book, 1e (Paperback)

In addition to presenting multi-dimensional information from "need-to-know" to "nice-to-know", this book combines visual and kinesthetic, through coloring, learning styles. It is well organized and is the perfect companion to Dr. Muscolino's textbook, "The Muscular System Manual". This is an important point as a previous learning experience with Kapit's, "The Anatomy Coloring Book" was a pleasant enough, yet left me feeling as if I had barely scratched the surface, his information falling short of sating my curiosity. Dr. Muscolino's texts provide the reader/user with plenty of data. The bones, bony landmarks, muscles, their actions and attachments are labeled clearly in perspectives that are described explicitly. Do not look for attachments to carry "origin" and "insertion" labels as some schools still may require, as this coloring guide subscribes to the expectations of the national certification exam which does not make those designations. Be certain to read the "Introduction": Part 1 guides the user briefly through body systems, and Part 2 ("Learning How Muscles Function") lays down axioms and corollaries of muscular structure and function. Then pick up your Venus Coloring Pencils, find your sharpener, let your inner artist out to play and learn!

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A great way to learn muscles, March 14, 2006

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Lynette Lombardo (New Fairfield, CT) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Musculoskeletal Anatomy Coloring Book, 1e (Paperback)

This book has been very helpful to my studies as a massage therapy student and occupational therapist. The book provided information on how muscles function, muscle actions and attachments and precise illustrations. The book was easy to understand and very thorough.