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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
A very effective dissector; use it in and outside of lab
I am a medical student at Texas A&M USHSC COM. This is the standard for anatomy lab. No other dissector will do. I say this simply because almost all medical schools will be following (almost page by page) the general course laid out within this text. I would not suggest buying the combo pack. In stead, this book is best used in conjunction with Rohen's (Color...
Published on March 21, 2001 by cooney@medicine.tamu.edu
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14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
pass on this one
I used Netter's and Rohen's to study the dissection at home the night before. Our table had the Grant's at the table, and it was rarely useful. We usually looked at the Netter's at the next table, and it became a running joke to make fun of the Grant's. Get the Netter's if you prefer drawings, or the Rohen's if you prefer pictures. I liked studying the Netter's...
Published on December 1, 2003
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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful:
A very effective dissector; use it in and outside of lab, March 21, 2001
I am a medical student at Texas A&M USHSC COM. This is the standard for anatomy lab. No other dissector will do. I say this simply because almost all medical schools will be following (almost page by page) the general course laid out within this text. I would not suggest buying the combo pack. In stead, this book is best used in conjunction with Rohen's (Color Atlas of Anatomy: A Photographic Study of the Human Body), Netter's (Atlas of Human Anatomy), and Moore (Clinically Oriented Anatomy). *Using the dissector to do a virtual dissection at home with your Rohen every night before lab will greatly increase your yield and decrease your lab time. This is a very important point (as anyone who has been through this part of medical school can tell you). --> You will need a CLEAN copy for home use. You should consider this even if you have to buy a spare <-- There are some errors in the dissector, but they are of no consequence as long as you use it in conjunction with the other texts mentioned above.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
Good book for gross anatomy lab, September 2, 2003
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I'm a med student and used this book for my gross anatomy lab and it was quite helpful. I did have to reference Netter's Atlas along with this to get a deeper understanding of the subject matter. However, I do recommend Grant's Dissector book because without it, I found that I was totally lost in my dissection lab. This book showed me more instruction on how to dissect then just listening to my lab instructor. For my gross anatomy exams , I also used the following which is on amazon: Spinal Anatomy Study Guide: Key Review Questions and Answers by Patrick Leonardi. This study guide helped me to prepare for the type of questions that were asked on the test. My friends told me about this book from another med school. In conclusion, I recommend the following for gross anatomy class: Grant's Dissector, Netter's Atlas, and Spinal Anatomy Study Guide:Key Review Questions and Answers
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14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
pass on this one, December 1, 2003
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I used Netter's and Rohen's to study the dissection at home the night before. Our table had the Grant's at the table, and it was rarely useful. We usually looked at the Netter's at the next table, and it became a running joke to make fun of the Grant's.
Get the Netter's if you prefer drawings, or the Rohen's if you prefer pictures. I liked studying the Netter's and then looking at the Rohen's. Then I went into the lab and recognized the structures from my personal study. Grant's won't help you to do that much.
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8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
Lots of errors in the 1999 edition, June 5, 2000
This edition of Sauerland's Grant's Dissector is much better illustrated than previous editions and has very useful cross-referencing to various atlases. However, it seems it was not edited very carefully since it has many many errors in it. We are trying to put together a list of all these errors to submit to the publisher, as I am sure are other gross anatomy professors across the US, but buyers of the edition in its present form should be aware of this serious problem.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Great book, annoying binding, November 23, 2008
This review is from: Grant's Dissector, North American Edition (Tank, Grant's Dissector) (Spiral-bound)
Excellent dissection guide for a cadaveric anatomy course. Buy two, one as a "greaser" and one to keep at home to study from. Grant's has simple schematics to help you locate structures as you dissect, as well as references to Grant's Atlas, Netter's, Clemente ("regional atlas") and Rohen (photographic). I own them all and love them all.
One problem: the binding is that terrible metal-coil fall-apart-the-instant-you-open-the-book style. Try to find one that is book-bound.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
Good guide...needs more pictures though, June 25, 2006
It has been a very good guide to our dissection though it would be nice to have more pictures to aid in identifying the different muscles.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
Grant's Dissector, May 19, 2008
This review is from: Grant's Dissector, North American Edition (Tank, Grant's Dissector) (Spiral-bound)
This dissector is concise and to the point of what you need to dissect on the human body for gross anatomy. I also like it because it gives clinical correlations and describes areas of the body that might be obscure in understanding. It also refers you to plates in the leading human anatomy atlases for reference.
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5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
Just use the filthy lab copy if you get stuck, October 27, 2001
Study an atlas before you go into lab. You can figure out how to dissect almost everything without a dissector. If you get stuck, ask a professor, but reference this book only as a last resort. There are MUCH better ways of accessing certain structures than the instructions in this book. There is absolutely no reason to have your own personal copy. The one plus about this edition is that references to other atlases besides Grant's (terrible) are given.
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4 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
Anatomy lab couldn't be explained any worse, May 1, 2006
This book is just awful. It does a bad job in pointing out the structures you need to identify, and has many inconsistences. Although it tries to walk you through the dissection procedure, you will end up finding out that reading through it is a waste of time, especially if you're a medical student like myself. It's actually a step down from the 12th edition, which did not mix all the anatomy with the dissection instructions. I really don't understand why many medical schools choose to follow this book with dissections (maybe because it's the only one out there). If you had the choice between buying an atlas or buying this book, BUY THE ATLAS!
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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
Nearly worthless, May 22, 2009
This review is from: Grant's Dissector, North American Edition (Tank, Grant's Dissector) (Spiral-bound)
This was "Required" for my medical school class this year. It was insisted upon by our instructors, who decried my purchase of the 13th edition as insufficient for the task.
I paged through this book one time before our second lab, and discovered very quickly that most medical students aren't A+ dissectors, and that much of the direction within this book is too tedious and too impractical for a medical school laboratory session. Moreover, the book ends up getting oily and ruined too quickly to be of much use.
Frankly, we just used an old Netter's atlas and dissected carefully. You'll be able to find about 80% of what you need to find on your own, another table or group will have better examples of the things you screw up.
This book played no role in my learning anatomy, or dissecting the cadaver, in medical school anatomy lab. Save your money, buy a cheap old Netter's atlas, and learn the anatomy the real way. Your dissecting skills, whether pro or neophyte, will get the job done either way.
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