Book excerpt: This title is directed primarily towards health care professionals outside of the United States. It is a short, highly readable and well illustrated book on anatomy, approached from the point of view of what medical students need to know in order to understand the clinical work they will eventually be doing. Includes a great variety of self-assessment, to reinforce the messages and to test understanding - and to help students prepare for exams. - Concise synoptic (not telegraphic text). - Appropriate self-assessment material. - Only covers core, so student knows the whole book is essential. - Includes key objectives. - Contains simple and memorable diagrams for reproduction in exams. - Ideal for learning as well as examination review, specifically trying to stimulate the student into assessing his/her own knowledge. - The books in the series both complement other available major texts, but also contain enough material to stand in the own right. - Provides examination practice. - Part of co-ordinated series. - Contents refined to reflect 'core knowledge' - Major revision of self-assessment material to match change in exam styles (more Extended Matching Questions and OSC-style questions)