Simon Blackburn Bsc (Hons), MBBS, MRCS (Eng) Specialty Registrar in Paediatric Surgery

6 Anatomy at a Glance 1 Companion website This book is accompanied by a companion website: www.wiley.com/go/anatomyataglance The website includes: • 100 interactive flashcards for self-assessment and revision Some figures in this book have been reproduced from Diagnostic Imaging, by P. Armstrong, M. Wastie and A. Rockall (9781405170390) c Blackwell Publishing Ltd. 2 Anatomy at a Glance Third edition Omar Faiz Bsc (Hons), FRCS (Eng), MS Senior Lecturer & Consultant Surgeon St Mary’s Campus Imperial College, London Simon Blackburn BSc (Hons), MBBS, MRCS (Eng) Specialty Registrar in Paediatric Surgery David Moffat VRD, MD, FRCS Emeritus Professor of Anatomy Cardiff University A John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., Publication 3 This edition first published 2011 © 2011 by Omar Faiz, Simon Blackburn and David Moffat Blackwell Publishing was acquired by John Wiley & Sons in February 2007. 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Set in 9/11.5pt Times by Aptara R Inc., New Delhi, India 1 2011 4 Contents Preface 7 42 The forearm 98 43 The carpal tunnel and joints of the wrist and hand 100 1 Anatomical terms 8 44 The hand 102 2 Embryology 10 45 Surface anatomy of the upper limb 104 The thorax The lower limb 3 The thoracic wall I 14 46 The osteology of the lower limb 106 4 The thoracic wall II 16 47 The arteries of the lower limb 108 5 The mediastinum I—the contents of the mediastinum 18 48 The veins and lymphatics of the lower limb 110 6 The mediastinum II—the vessels of the thorax 20 49 The nerves of the lower limb I 112 7 The pleura and airways 22 50 The nerves of the lower limb II 114 8 The lungs 24 51 The hip joint and gluteal region 116 9 The heart I 26 52 The thigh 120 10 The heart II 30 53 The knee joint and popliteal fossa 123 11 The nerves of the thorax 32 54 The leg 126 12 Surface anatomy of the thorax 34 55 The ankle and foot I 128 13 Thorax: developmental aspects 36 56 The ankle and foot II 130 14 The fetal circulation 38 57 Surface anatomy of the lower limb 132 The abdomen and pelvis The autonomic nervous system 15 The abdominal wall 40 58 The autonomic nervous system 134 16 The arteries of the abdomen 43 17 The veins and lymphatics of the abdomen 46 The head and neck 18 The peritoneum 48 59 The skull I 136 19 The upper gastrointestinal tract I 50 60 The skull II 138 20 The upper gastrointestinal tract II 52 61 Spinal nerves and cranial nerves I–IV 140 21 The lower gastrointestinal tract 54 62 The trigeminal nerve (V) 142 22 The liver, gall-bladder and biliary tree 56 63 Cranial nerves VI–XII 144 23 The pancreas and spleen 58 64 The arteries I 146 24 The posterior abdominal wall 60 65 The arteries II and the veins 148 25 The nerves of the abdomen 62 66 Anterior and posterior triangles 150 26 Surface anatomy of the abdomen 64 67 The pharynx and larynx 152 27 The pelvis I—the bony and ligamentous pelvis 66 68 The root of the neck 154 28 The pelvis II—the contents of the pelvis 68 69 The oesophagus and trachea and the thyroid gland 156 29 The perineum 70 70 The upper part of the neck and the submandibular 30 The pelvic viscera 72 region 158 31 Abdomen, developmental aspects 74 71 The mouth, palate and nose 160 72 The face and scalp 162 The upper limb 73 The cranial cavity 166 32 The osteology of the upper limb 76 74 The orbit and eyeball 168 33 Arteries of the upper limb 80 75 The ear, lymphatics and surface anatomy of the head and 34 The venous and lymphatic drainage of the upper limb and the neck 170 breast 82 76 Head and neck, developmental aspects 172 35 Nerves of the upper limb I 84 36 Nerves of the upper limb II 86 The spine and spinal cord 37 The pectoral and scapular regions 88 77 The spine 174 38 The axilla 90 78 The spinal cord 176 39 The shoulder (gleno-humeral) joint 92 40 The arm 94 Muscle index 178 41 The elbow joint and cubital fossa 96 Index 185 Contents 5 6 Preface to the first edition The study of anatomy has changed enormously in the last few decades. The anatomical drawings are the work of Jane Fallows, with help No longer do medical students have to spend long hours in the dis- from Roger Hulley, who has transformed our rough sketches into the secting room searching fruitlessly for the otic ganglion or tracing the finished pages of illustrations that form such an important part of the small arteries that form the anastomosis round the elbow joint. They book, and we should like to thank her for her patience and skill in carry- now need to know only the basic essentials of anatomy with particular ing out this onerous task. Some of the drawings have been borrowed or emphasis on their clinical relevance and this is a change that is long adapted from Professor Harold Ellis’s superb book Clinical Anatomy overdue. However, students still have examinations to pass and in this (9th edition), and we are most grateful to him for his permission to do book the authors, a surgeon and an anatomist, have tried to provide a this. We should also like to thank Dr Mike Benjamin of Cardiff Uni- means of rapid revision without any frills. To this end, the book fol- versity for the surface anatomy photographs. Finally, it is a pleasure lows the standard format of the at a Glance series and is arranged in to thank all the staff at Blackwell Science who have had a hand in the short, easily digested chapters, written largely in note form, with the preparation of this book, particularly Fiona Goodgame and Jonathan appropriate illustrations on the facing page.

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