Friedrich Anderhuber, Franz Pera und Johannes Streicher (Hrsg): Waldeyer Anatomie des Menschen
Sven Anders 11 Universitätsklinikum Hamburg-Eppendorf, Institut für Rechtsmedizin, Hamburg, Deutschland
Bibliographical details
Friedrich Anderhuber, Franz Pera, Johannes Streicher (Hrsg)
Waldeyer Anatomie des Menschen
De Gruyter Verlag, Berlin/Boston
year of publication: 19 ed 2012, pages: 1050, € 79,95
Recension
This textbook of Anatomy comprises of 1050 pages in one volume and covers the complete human macroscopic anatomy. The book is composed from an introductory part and chapters dealing with general anatomy, skin and skin appendages, the musculoskeletal system, internal organs, head and neck, eye and ear, and the central nervous system. All chapters cover aspects of systematic, functional and topographic anatomy. Summaries, references to anatomical aspects of clinical examination and clinical issues are highlighted. Passages on structural anatomy are written in a well understandable and fluid manner, and the content is easily accessible to the reader. Clinical issues are covered throughout the book on nearly every page, dealing with explanations of clinical phrases, clinically relevant functional aspects and short explanations of relevant diseases. All these aspects are referring to the anatomical focus of the book and are well balanced in length and depth of the coverage. As in former editions of the Waldeyer, there are schematic (functional and topographic) and atlas-like figures in every chapter. Furthermore, every chapter covers aspects of microscopic anatomy. In summary, the book is well composed and can assist the medical student in finding out about the importance of anatomy for gaining further medical knowledge, especially by integrating several functional aspects and clinical issues. The latter accompany the anatomical learning issues without suppressing them or being too numerous. Nevertheless, every reader has to decide for himself whether this book compensates an anatomical atlas (besides being a textbook, of course), as stated by the editors. In any case the book can be recommended to medical students because of the up-to-date, integrating concept.
Competing interests
The author declares that he has no competing interests.
