Customer Reviews

The Sectional Anatomy Learning System (2-Volume Set Includes Concerts and Applications)

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I had this 2 vol set for a cross sectional course- The pictures were poor quality, the labels ambiguous, and the author had a tendency to be inconsistent with viewing aspect- one image is a sup/inf view, and the very next one is exactly the opposite- and although recognizing the anatomy from different aspects is important, this book did so in such and random, disorganized manner. The orientation went against all of my training as a radiology and ct tech, since the image orientation was not consistent.(the right should ALWAYS be the right, doncha know?) I do not recommend it to imaging professionals, as there are better books out there, but it might be ok for medical students or the like. Overall, I began to despise this book to the point that I gave it away as soon as class was over, and I found myself using other texts and online resources to study, because the book was just too confusing!!

This 2 volume set is horrible! The diagrams in the Applications book are vague and confusioning. The way that the Concepts book is written is just terrible it is jumbled and runs together. It is impossible to besure that you are labeling or even answering most of the questions correctly, let alone all of them. Diagrams in the workbook that are totally different then the ones in the Concepts book and you are suppose to label them? correctly? There has got to be something better out there. I can not wait until I am done with this class, I will see if everyone wants to come over to my book burning party!

There is alot of information. It is a good review for anatomy but, the diagrams are very confusing. I read other consumer reviews before I had to purchase for a class and thought " oh, it cant be that bad." Well, it is. If you have any say in what books to choose from, try to find something else.

(Not sure how "new kaki fan" got there. hmmm).
The negative reviews written previously are a fairly good assessement of this book. I took this course in prep for MRI and even the teacher admitted that she's tried a variety of texts and none are perfect. I think she picked this book because it comes with workbook and at first glance, appears to be geared toward students trying to memorize as little as possible in a short time. Thankfully, she recorded her lectures, complete with slideshow, which students could review on the web. She wanted us to largely pay attention to her lecture. The text in this book isn't bad - there are alot of good things, but then there are some problems. Probably was bothered me the most was the drawings as there is a destinct lack of consistancy from one drawing to the next. I just accepted it as being impossible to draw anatomy with more consistancy as everyone is a little different. Let's face it, cross-sectional isn't easy. When you find yourself guessing where the portable vein is after studying it thoroughly, you realize that a book can only provide so much. In the end, we didn't use the book at all. I spent more time studying the larger atlases at my school library. Those were great, especially the one by Dr. Frank Netter.

This book is very thorough and will be a great reference material later on. The Concepts text contains mutliple anatomical diagrams and cross sectional images for labeling to enable the reader to apply what they have learned in the Applications text. There are also several review questions through out the chapters as well as a chapter review and chapter recall test. It is a very good book for a course that I am currently taking as well as a good reference to use when preparing for the ARRT registry exam in CT.

Lots of exercises, with drawings and CT images really bring home the structures and relative positions of the body as seen in sectional slices