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BD Chaurasia`s Human Anatomy has been serving the interests of medical students as the most popular textbook because of the simplicity of its text, lucidity of expression, clarity of discussion and remarkebly vivid detailing in the illustrations, making human acatomy most comprehensible to learn. The three volumes have steadily been enlarging to accommodate gross anatomy, histology, embryology and detailed clinical anatomy. Numerous colour line diagrams support the text of gross, surface and clinical anatomy. Numerous colour line diagrams support the text of gross, surface and clinical anatomy. Because of the size, it is difficult for the students to revise the volumes prior to their class tests and examinations.
The CAMPANION POCKETBOOKS on the volumes have been designed and brought our giving only the essential components highlighting must know of anatomy. Content of each pocketbook is almost one third the size of the main volume, meant mainly for quick last minute revision of the volatile anatomy . The illustrations are aimed at helping the students review the topics easily as well as retaining and reproducing the information clearly in their examinations. Clinical aspects are included with equal intensity. Mainly meant for professional undergraduate students, they could also use these for quick reference during their clinical postings.
HIGHLITS OF VOLUME 3
Section I contains the foramina of skull bones of skull bones with their contents . Scalp, face, lacrimal apparatus, and deep cervical fascia with its extensions are described briefly. Boundaries and contents of Posterior triangle of neck, sub-occipital triangle and anterior triangle of neck are enumerated. Contents of vertebral canal and cranial cavity including cavernous sinus are mentioned. The three salivary glands, thyroid, and the parathyroid glands are briefly described. Muscles in the orbit, muscles of mastication of palate, pharynx, larynx and tongue are tabulated. Various vascera of the neck like mouth, pharynx, the tonsil, palate, nasal cavity, larynx, tongue, ear and eye are described. Appendix 1 contains sympathetic trunk and four parasympathetic ganglia. Arteries of head and neck are shown in tabulated form. Clinical terms are also given.
Section II contains a brief introduction of brain and tables of folds of dura mater and ascending and descending tracts of spinal cord. All the cranial nerves have been put in one chapter including their clinical anatomy as these are of importance throughout the clinical period. Various sections of components of brainstem are given. Cerebellum and ventricles are described briefly. Cerebrum with its sulci and gyri, functional areas, diencephalon, internal capsule are tabulated with their clinical importance. Blood supply of spinal cord and brain is mentioned. Appendix 2 comprises nuclear components of cranial nerves, arteries of brain and clinical terms. ISBN 9788123920993
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Pages : 284
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