Clinical Surface Anatomy

by Kenneth M. Backhouse and Ralph T. Hutchings

A thorough knowledge of surface anatomy is essential to the diagnosis and management of patients. Physical and clinical examination, the planning of surgical approaches, the application of regional anaesthesia, and physiotherapy of joints, muscles, and ligaments all depend on the ability to visualise and assess what lies and functions beneath the skin--simply by looking at, touching, and manipulating surface features.
Clinical Surface Anatomy,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0723424950
• ISBN13: 9780723424956
• Release Date: January 1998
• Publisher: Mosby
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.5" x 11.0"