Could you locate your floating ribs? Do you know your pleura from your pelvis? And what does your appendix actually do? This book will teach you all that and more. Your body is a wondrous structure and by delving into its depths you can learn how its muscles, bones, organs, systems and nerves all operate, developing a new appreciation for its complexities. Anatomy: A Crash Course condenses the function, features and flaws of the structures and systems of the human body into easy-to-digest chunks. Become a master of your own physique while learning about the gory history of dissection and its medical pioneers. This accessible introduction to anatomy includes: • 52 topics on the key body parts and systems • a timeline to show the history of dissection and how anatomy has developed from past to present • biographies of key anatomists.
