Grant's Atlas of Anatomy

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Summary: Grants Atlas of Anatomy
Review: Comparisons are often made between Netter's Atlas and Grant's. Both are highly useful in the laboratory and for at home study. However, Grant's is clearly superior in the completeness of its treatment of what is really useful knowledge for the professional student. This is quite evident in the treatment of the head and neck where views that make learning of these two regions well are present in Grant's but absent in Netter's. For example, the posterior pharyngeal region in Netter is very incompletely represented. Further, the inclusion of various radiological modalities, comprehensive treatment of all regions, presentation of anomalies and structe from several different views, and descriptions accompanying the figures in Grant's Atlas are superior virtually absent in Netter's Atlas. Although Netter's illustrations are as accurate as are Grant's, and are all works of art, they are often overlabeled and, above all, do not represent well what the student is going to see in cadaver dissection as does Grants. I think that another competitor of Grant's Atlas, the Rohen and Yokochi atlas, is also a good atlas, provided you don't suffer from astigmatism and have to deal with the white labels used in this atlas to identify structures. Like Grants, however, this atlas shows the cadaver as it really is in the laboratory.

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Summary: this is a good atlas
Review: Forget those who say that Netter's is better. Grant's shows you what you really see in the lab, and in a person. The drawings in Netter's are highly interpretative and at least in older editions, there are many errors in labelling. If you take the time to read through and look at Grant's closely, you will be amply rewarded.

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Summary: DON'T WASTE YOUR MONEY -- BUY NETTER
Review: Having just completed my first semester of medical school, I can confidently say Netter is far and away the better anatomy atlas for the student of Gross Anatomy. Grant's atlas is poorly organized, not as well drawn, not as detailed, and actually leaves out certain parts of the human anatomy (unless the lack of organization was the culprit in my inability to find certain things). My entire class despises Grant's atlas. Please, don't waste your money. Buy a Netter atlas.

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Summary: "Grant's Atlas of Anatomy"
Review: I have read the customer reviews ofGrant's Atlas and Netter's Atlas of Anatomy and have noted that the reviewers of Netter's Atlas have often denigrated Grant's Atlas. This is an improper comparison. These two atlases, although they overlap, serve, and are intended to serve, different purposes. Netter's is a general atlas, more encyclopedic in scope than Grant's. Grant's atlas is aimed more at the beginning surgeon (there are much more detailed works on specific surgical anatomy) and the gross anatomy prosector, such as a first year medical student. In the anatomy laboratory, I think many students would find Grant more useful than Netter, particularly in its description of variants of normal. There were also. I believe, some unfair comparisons to Gray's Anatomy. Gray is not primarily an atlas (although the illustrations are usually excellent). It is a texbook, and of value because of its unsurpassed descriptions of anatomy. Most of my physician colleagues have all three. These three works do not compete with, but complement one another.

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Summary: Grants Atlas of Anatomy
Review: I own Grant, Netter and others. Over the years I have used Netter more than any others. Take Carpal Tunnel Syndrome, for example, Netter will show you why there can be atrophy at the thenar as it shows the details of the nerves in and out of the carpal tunnel. The book version is excellent. I just wish that Netter has a better CDrom version.

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Summary: Good, but it's not Netter
Review: I used Grant's Atlas of Anatomy during my gross anatomy class in medical school because it was the one recommended by the staff. It was fairly good, but not great. The illustrative pages on the twelve cranial nerves are perhaps the best. A few years after finishing that class, I found that Frank Netter M.D. had finally come out with an atlas of human anatomy. If your budget is limited (and most medical students have limited finances), buy Frank Netter's Atlas of Human Anatomy because it is hands down the best atlas available. I wish it would have been around when I was struggling through first year gross anatomy class. Grant's Atlas may supplement it to some degree if you are looking for a second presentation for variety, but Netter's is without question unequaled. Beyond this, if you ever decide to specialize in a medical field involving surgery - neurosurgery, gynecology, general surgery, orthopedics etc. - you will have opportunity to continue using Netter's A! tlas after medical school, whereas Grant's Atlas isn't very good in this regard. In short: buy Netter. If you want another text to go with the first, Grant's Atlas isn't bad.

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Summary: Good atlas to have
Review: I used Grant's Atlas when I was in medical school. What's good about Grant's ? Life-like drawings and the clinical slant. However, I was rather irritated by some of the errors in labelling, which I hope the editors have corrected in the latest edition.

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Summary: This is no Netter's.
Review: If you have a choice, buy Netter's Atlas instead. Even if this book is required for your anatomy course, get Netter's. This Atlas was required for our medical school anatomy course and the entire class hated it.

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Summary: Agree that Grant's is not Netter's
Review: This explains in detail the dissections you can do in lab. For those who wish to go into surgury, this can give you some of the instructions so that you can get the most out your time in lab. For me personally however, we did not use this book as much as I expected. It was supplemented by my own's school syllabus quite often. (That differs from school to school.) Since I am going to be a dentist, it probably would have been fine to borrow this book for an hour before class instead of buying it.