Table of Contents

I. INTRODUCTION AND SYSTEMIC OVERVIEW Anatomical Nomenclature . Basic Structure and Function of Cells . Integrating Cells into Tissues Systemic Overview: Nervous System . Blood, Lymphoid Tissues and Haemopoiesis . Functional Anatomy of the Musculoskeletal System . Smooth Muscle and the Cardiovascular and Lymphatic systems . Skin and its Appendages . Endocrine System: Principles of Hormone Production and Secretion . Embryogenesis . Prenatal and Neonatal Growth II. NEUROANATOMY Overview of the Organization of the Nervous System . Autonomic Nervous System . Development of the Nervous System . Cranial Meninges . Ventricular System and Cerebrospinal Fluid . Vascular Supply of the Brain . Spinal Cord . Brain Stem . Cerebellum . Diencephalon . Cerebral Hemisphere . Basal Ganglia . Special Senses III. HEAD AND NECK Surface Anatomy of the Head and Neck . Overview of the Development of the Head and Neck Head: Skull and Mandible . Development of the Skull . Face and Scalp . Infratemporal Region and Temporomandibular Joint Neck and Upper Aerodigestive Tract: Neck . Nose, Nasal Cavity, Paranasal Sinuses and Pterygopalatine Fossa . Oral Cavity . Development of the Face and Neck . Pharynx . Larynx . Development of the Pharynx, Larynx and Oesophagus Ear and Auditory and Vestibular Apparatus: External and Middle Ear . Inner Ear . Development of the Ear The Bony Orbit and Peripheral and Accessory Visual Apparatus: The Orbit and its Contents . The Eye . Development of the Eye IV. BACK AND MACROSCOPIC ANATOMY OF THE SPINAL CORD Surface Anatomy of the Back . The Back . Macroscopic Anatomy of the Spinal Cord and Spinal Nerves . Development of the Vertebral Column V. PECTORAL GIRDLE AND UPPER LIMB General Organization and Surface Anatomy of the Upper Limb . Pectoral Girdle, Shoulder Region and Axilla . Upper Arm . Elbow . Forearm . Wrist and Hand . Overview of Development of the Limbs . Development of the Pectoral Girdle and Upper Limb VI. THORAX Surface Anatomy of the Thorax . Chest Wall . Breast Heart and Mediastinum: Mediastinum . Heart and Great Vessels . Development of the Cardiovascular and Lymphatic Systems Lungs and Diaphragm: Microstructure of the Trachea, Bronchi and Lungs . Pleura, Lungs, Trachea and Bronchi . Diaphragm and Phrenic Nerve . Development of the Trachea, Lungs and Diaphragm VII. ABDOMEN AND PELVIS Introduction: Surface Anatomy of the Abdomen and Pelvis . Anterior Abdominal Wall . Posterior Abdominal Wall and Retroperitoneum . Peritoneum and Peritoneal Cavity Gastrointestinal Tract: General Microstructure of the Gut Wall . Stomach and Abdominal Oesophagus Small Intestine: Microstructure of the Small Intestine . Duodenum . Jejunum and Ileum Large Intestine: Microstructure of the Large Intestine . Overview of the Large Intestine . Caecum . Vermiform Appendix . Ascending Colon . Transverse Colon . Descending Colon . Sigmoid Colon . Rectum . Anal Canal Hepatobiliary System Liver . Gall Bladder and Biliary Tree Pancreas, Spleen and Suprarenal Gland: Pancreas . Spleen . Suprarenal (Adrenal) Gland Development of the Peritoneal Cavity, Gastrointestinal Tract and its Adnexae: Development of the Peritoneal Cavity, Gastrointestinal Tract and its Adnexae Kidney and Ureter: Kidney . Ureter Bladder, Prostate and Ureter: Bladder . Male Urethra . Female Urethra . Prostate Male Reproductive System: Testes and Epididymes . Vas Deferens and Ejaculatory Ducts . Spermatic Cords and Scrotum . Penis . Accessory Glandular Structures Female Reproductive System: Ovaries . Uterine Tubes . Uterus . Implantation, Placentation, Pregnancy and Parturition . Vagina . Female External Genital Organs True Pelvis, Pelvic Floor and Perineum: True Pelvis, Pelvic Floor and Perineum Development of the Urogenital System: Development of the Urogenital System VIII. PELVIC GIRDLE AND LOWER LIMB General Organization and Surface Anatomy of the Lower Limb . Pelvic Girdle, Gluteal Region and Hip Joint . Thigh . Knee . Leg . Foot and Ankle . Development of the Pelvic Girdle and Lower Limb Eponyms Index ..

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An Institution between Covers - the 39th Edition Expands Gray's Original Task - By Sherwin B. Nuland "The eminent mid-20th century British historian of medicine F.N.L. Poynter once said of Gray's Anatomy that "what began as a book has become an institution." Like all progressive institutions, this one periodically looks itself over, evaluates its development and takes measures to be sure that it has kept up with the times. Keeping up has occasionally required increasing the complexity of its operations, necessarily expanding its bureaucracy, and seeking new forward-looking leadership. As the institution among medical books, Gray's Anatomy has throughout its history continued to do all these things, with the result that it has only improved with age; it is venerable, but not hoary. Quite obviously, no single reviewer is competent to judge the reliability of every bit of material to be found in this encyclopedic book. As a general surgeon selectively studying sections with which I have a career's worth of experience and only perusing others, I am much taken with their usefulness and lucid readability, which says a great deal for an anatomy text. At the astonishingly low price of $169 for the print edition and only an extra $30 to have it on CD-ROM and online as well, this may be the best value seen in medical publishing since 1819, when Rene Laennec's two-volume treatise on auscultation was put on sale at a price of 13 francs, with a stethoscope thrown in for a small additional cost. One final word. It is customary when reviewing a book that is in all ways as outstanding as this one to introduce a quibble or two, if for no other reason than to show that the volume has been carefully and completely evaluated with a critical eye. Being a surgeon and not an anatomist (who therefore does not know a fissura antitragohelicina from a sulcus antihelcis transversus), I have been able to find only one item about which to grouse: One looks in vain for the "Surface Anatomy of the Lower Limb" to be found on page 1339, as the table of contents claims. It is to be located 60 pages further on, where the topic is just as clearly presented as is every other facet of this beautifully produced and medically invaluable book."
-Scientific American, March 2005