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ThistitlereceivedBritishMedicalAssociationBookAwards2009-Commended,BasicandClinicalSciences.Thisinnovativeandhighlypraisedbookdescribesthevisibleandpalpableanatomythatformsthebasisofclinicalexamination.Thefirstchapterconsiderstheanatomicaltermsneededforprecisedescriptionofthepartsofthebodyandmovementsfromtheanatomicalpositions.Theremainingchaptersareregionallyorganisedandcolourphotographsdemonstratevisibleanatomy.Manyofthephotographsarereproducedwithnumberedoverlays,indicatingstructuresthatcanbeseen,felt,movedorlistenedto.Thesurfacemarkingsofdeeperstructuresareindicatedtogetherwithcommonsitesforinjectionoflocalanaesthetic,accessingbloodvessels,biopsyingorgansandmakingincisions.Theaccompanyingtextdescribestheanatomicalfeaturesoftheillustratedstructures.