Case Files: Anatomy 2/e

Overview

Fifty clinical cases help you excel at your anatomy coursework and the USMLE Step 1

The Case Files series is an award-winning learning system proven to improve exam scores. This series helps you to learn
in the context of real patients instead of simply memorizing. Case Files: Anatomy: Second Edition presents more than 50
clinical cases with open-ended questions which weave basic science concepts into the clinical scenario. Each case
includes an extended discussion (including definitions and a pathophysiology discussion), key points, and 3-5 USMLE-
style comprehension questions. The authors are experienced teachers from the University of Texas-Houston Medical School
in Houston, Texas.


Table of contents
Case Files: Gross Anatomy: Second Edition
Introduction
Section I: Applying Basic Sciences to Clinical Situations
- Approach to Learning
- Approach to Disease
- Approach to Reading
Section II: Clinical Cases arranged by zone
1. Upper Extremity
2. Lower Extremity
3. Thorax
4. Abdomen
5. Retroperitoneum, Posterior abdominal wall
6. Perineum and Pelvis
7. Nervous system
8. Head and neck
9. Face and scalp
Section III: Listing of cases
- By System
- By Alphabetical Order

Biographical note
Eugene C. Toy, MD is a dual certified family physician and ob/gyn and is Academic Chief and Program Director for the
Obstetrics and Gynecology residency at The Methodist Hospital in Houston, Texas, where he is also actively involved in
teaching medical students.
Lawrence M. Ross, MD, PhD is Adjunct Professor in the Department of Neurobiology and Anatomy at The University of Texas-
Houston Medical School in Houston, Texas.
Leonard J. Cleary, PhD is Senior Lecturer and Gross Anatomy Course Director in the Department of Neurobiology and
Anatomy at The University of Texas-Houston Medical School in Houston, Texas.
Cristo Papasakelariou, MD is Clinical Professor in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at The University of
Texas Medical Branch in Galveston, Texas. He is also the Clinical Director of Gynecologic Surgery at Christus-St.
Joseph Hospital in Houston, Texas.