This textbook, designed for a one-semester human anatomy course, is aimed to provide elementary knowledge and basic concepts of human anatomy and to furnish an accessible framework of medical morphology for students majoring in medicine and other health-care programs. To ensure enough knowledge to be learned by students without necessarily increasing their learning time, we rely on the collective wisdom and combined experience of all authors to condense the subject essentials into this student-friendly text of 5 units, 19 chapters. The text contents are rigorously chosen to acquaint students with clear views on anatomical structures and relationships, and the text layout is ingeniously organized to allow each chapter to become a freestanding reading material and yet to make different chapters well inter-correlated.

Dr. Gu Xiaosong is Professor of Anatomy at Nantong University, and serves as a doctoral mentor. He is currently the vice-president of Chinese Society for Anatomy Sciences and the president of Jiangsu Anatomy Society. As a nationally renowned instructor, he has long taught a broad spectrum of undergraduate and postgraduate students in the medical school.

Dr. Gu Xiaosong is also the director of Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Neuroregeneration. His research interest focuses on neuroscience, especially neural damage and regeneration. He has obtained the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, and taken charge of national and provincial natural science foundation programs. His academic achievements are manifested in many research articles and monographs, invention patents, and governmentissued prizes.

Preface

INTRODUCTION TO HUMAN ANATOMY

PART ONE LOCOMOTOR SYSTEM

 Chapter 1 Osteology 

 Chapter 2 Arthrology 

 Chapter 3 Myology

PART TWO SPLANCHNOLOGY

 Chapter 4 General Description 

 Chapter 5 Digestive System 

 Chapter 6 Respiratory System 

 Chapter 7 Urinary System 

 Chapter 8 Reproductive System

 Chapter 9 Peritoneum

PART THREE ANGIOLOGY

 Chapter 10 Cardiovascular System

 Chapter 11  Lymphalic Svstem

PART FOUR SENSORY ORGANS

 Chapter 12 General Description

 Chapter 13 Visual Organ 

 Chapter 14 Vestibulocochlear Organ

 Chapter 15 Other Sensory Organs 

PART FIVE NERVOUS SYSTEM AND ENDOCRINE SYSTEM

 Chapter 16 General Description 

 Chapter 17 Central Nervous System 

 Chapter 18 Peripheral Nervous System

 Chapter 19 Endocrine System