Anatomy Prep Suggestions

[JKuhlmann]

any websites or books you'd reccommend involving anatomy where we might be able to familiarize?

[stef]

There are a lot of good, free websites:

http://www.instantanatomy.net/anatomy.html
http://www.anatomyatlases.org/atlasofanatomy/index.shtml
http://www.visiblebody.com/
http://www.bartelby.com/107/

Books: best = Netter's (http://www.amazon.com/Atlas-Human-Anatomy-Frank-Netter/dp/1416036997/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262036125&sr=8-2) but classic, cheap = Gray's (http://www.amazon.com/Grays-Anatomy-Unabridged-Running-American/dp/0914294083/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262036167&sr=1-4)
And look around for cheap, basic used anatomy books.

[khal]

There are a lot of good, free websites:

http://www.instantanatomy.net/anatomy.html
http://www.anatomyatlases.org/atlasofanatomy/index.shtml
http://www.visiblebody.com/
http://www.bartelby.com/107/

Books: best = Netter's (http://www.amazon.com/Atlas-Human-Anatomy-Frank-Netter/dp/1416036997/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262036125&sr=8-2) but classic, cheap = Gray's (http://www.amazon.com/Grays-Anatomy-Unabridged-Running-American/dp/0914294083/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1262036167&sr=1-4)
And look around for cheap, basic used anatomy books.

As a Medical student I've found Gray's Anatomy For Students (different author than Gray's) incredibly useful because of the clear diagrams. My lecturer says that the text is awful, but I've found using the images supplemented with lecture notes to be pretty good.

That being said, we've yet to start learning the anatomy of the musculoskeletal system so for all I know the book might be useless for those topics.

[78704]

ExRx has a nice presentation of the muscle/exercise (http://www.exrx.net/Lists/Directory.html) map.

[78704]

Actually, I meant the maps, not the directory:

http://www.exrx.net/Lists/WtMale.html
http://www.exrx.net/Lists/MMale.html

And of the course the whole left column here:
http://www.exrx.net/Exercise.html

... is very instructive.

[stef]

I wouldn't recommend their exercise instructions.

I do find it hilarious that they have separate female muscle maps and exercise links.

[78704]

"I wouldn't recommend their exercise instructions," Stef proclaimed.

Amen. Rip's my hero.

[moss gylle]

any websites or books you'd reccommend involving anatomy where we might be able to familiarize?

hi jkuhlmann!,
i take it you are a strength trainee, so technical medical textbooks are overkill.
if you just want to familarize yourself with musculo-skeletal anatomy, i'd say you cannot really do any better then the following three tomes:

eliot goldfinger, "human anatomy for artists" (oxford university press);

paul richer, "artistic anatomy" (watson guptill);

valerie winslow, "classic human anatomy" (watson guptill).

all three are very well illustrated (winslow is in colour) and they're not as technically heavy-going as a standard medical textbook. alas, these are rather pricey, so try buying second-hand.

for musculo-skeletal function, i'd say stick with:
hollinshead's "functional anatomy of the limbs and back" (saunders) (second-hand copies of older editions are cheap), but to be honest it's boring to read.

if your adventurous, then delve into:
donald neumann, "kinesiology of the musculoskeletal system" (mosby)- the definitive technical introduction to kinesiology, IMHO. very fully illustrated as well.

[jonnyb60]

After completing the seminar I can tell you where I would prioritize (although learning anything about anatomy is good...)

1. muscular structure of the upper legs/posterior chain
2. structure of the scapula and how it moves/rotates and attachment points
3. main muscular structures of the back
4. structure of the pelvis and attachment points
5. general skeletal anatomy

This is just my two cents.

[BJB82]

For general anatomy (not insertion, origins, or function) this (http://depts.washington.edu/msatlas) is pretty good and really easy to use.