Foreword

v

Preface

vii

How to learn surface anatomy

ix

Acknowledgements

xiii

Chapter 1

Introduction

1.1

The anatomical position and planes

3

1.2

Anatomical movements

6

1.3

Sensory innervation

20

Chapter 2

Thorax

2.1

Bony landmarks, joints and cartilages

26

2.2

Muscles

30

2.3

Lines and folds

32

2.4

Mediastinum

35

2.5

Neurovasculature and lymphatics

37

2.6

Viscera

41

Chapter 3

Abdomen

3.1

Bony landmarks, joints and ligaments

54

3.2

Reference planes and regions

57

3.3

Muscles, tendons and aponeuroses

60

3.4

Inguinal canal

63

3.5

Neurovasculature and lymphatics

66

3.6

Surgical incisions of the abdominal wall

71

3.7

Viscera

73

Chapter 4

Upper limb

4.1

Pectoral girdle, shoulder and arm

83

4.2

Elbow, cubital fossa and forearm

95

4.3

Wrist and hand

107

Chapter5

Lower limb

5.1

Pelvic girdle, gluteal region and thigh

132

5.2

Knee, popliteal fossa and leg

150

5.3

Ankle and foot

167

Chapter 6

Pelvis and perineum

6.1

Bones, joints and ligaments

184

6.2

Perineum

189

6.3

Female

194

6.4

Male

199

6.5

Perineal neurovascutature

205

Chapter 7

The vertebral column and back

7.1

Vertebral column

209

7.2

Muscles

227

Chapter 8

Head and neck

8.1

Bones and bony landmarks

238

8.2

Intracranial structures

248

8.3

Muscles of the head and face

252

8.4

Nose, nasal cavity and paranasal sinuses

255

8.5

Nerves

258

8.6

Viscera

262

8.7

Oral cavity and oral vestibule

267

8.8

Neck

272

8.9

Neurovasculature

277

8.10

Viscera

284

8.11

Lymphatics

287

Index

291