Trail Guide to the Body Student Handbook: How to Locate Muscles, Bones and More (Spiral-bound)

by Andrew Biel (Author), Robin Dorn (Illustrator) "1) What are the "trail markers" that will help you locate muscles and tendons?..." (more)
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Product Description
If you want to differentiate your psoas from your scalenes or just want to ace the next quiz, you'll find the answer here. This handbook follows the chapters and structures as they are arranged in the Trail Guide to the Body textbook. A resourceful complement, this handbook contains 200 pages and 450 illustrations. It offers a variety of questions and exercises including fill-in-the-blanks, drawings to color, illustrations and matching exercises. A fun learning tool that will test a student's Trail Guide knowledge.

Product Details

• Spiral-bound: 221 pages
• Publisher: Books of Discovery; 3rd edition (November 1, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0965853462
• ISBN-13: 978-0965853460
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #14,854 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Using it to study for the massage therapy national exam, September 17, 2006

By	C. Person (VA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I bought this book to help me better locate and memerize the bones and muscles as I prepare for the national massage therapy exam. Although I have yet to take it, i'm finding the Trail Guide to be extremely helpful as I study. With a fill-in-the-blank setup it forces me to really think about the answers (although they are in the back!). As a result, I am hopefull about being able to pass my exam. I'll be sure to update and let you know the result!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Essential for massage therapists., January 5, 2009

By	J. Ball (Trenton, TX United States) - See all my reviews

My daughter and sister are taking massage therapy classes in different states with different schools. Both agree that this is the book they use the most and will keep for a reference. If you can find the coordinating flash cards they recommend getting them also. They are a great study aid.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Sometimes Known As The Armpit, December 23, 2008

By	SunTiger "of SunTiger MOJO" (Greater Seattle Area) - See all my reviews

This book: "Trail Guide To The Body" (Second Edition) remains the best muscle study guide I've ever come across. It's one of the very few text books from massage school that I still reference on a regular basis.

It was written and illustrated by two Licensed Massage Therapists: Andrew Biel and Robin Dorn, respectively.

To accompany Dorn's hand-drawn black and white depictions of bones, muscles and bodily systems, Biel writes anatomical details in mostly lay terminology. If you know the basic planes of movement (coronal, sagittal, transverse) then you can easily navigate your way through the Trail Guide with no problem at all.

Here's a quick example, of Biel's writing as he describes a significant but small muscle on the anterior shoulder called "Coracobrachialis."

"The coracobrachialis is a small, tubular muscle located in the axilla. Sometimes known as the "armpit" muscle, is a secondary flexor and adductor of the shoulder."

The illustrations and text that accompany each muscle group gives the student confidence in feeling his/her way through this hands-on learning manual.