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Understanding Muscles: A Practical Guide to Muscle Function, ed 2 Kingston B. Cheltenham, UK GL53 7TH, Nelson Thornes Ltd, 2005, paperback, 217 pp, illus, ISBN: 0-7487-9440-9, $23.40.
The tide of this book accurately describes its purpose and scope. This is a concise, clear, and practical overview of most of the skeletal muscles in the human body. It is organized in an interactive format that should greatly help the reader learn the name, attachments, and functions of the different muscles. This book would be useful to most students learning gross anatomy for the first time, or for those clinicians looking for a quick overview of muscle anatomy. Specifically, this book would be appropriate for first-year students in physical therapy, osteopathy, athletic training, occupational therapy, nursing, medicine, and chiropractic....