New to this Edition

• A new organization—by body region, rather than by organ system—parallels the way physicians approach patients.
• A new clinical emphasis ensures relevance to everyday practice.
• Updates reflect the very latest understanding of the pelvic floor • the inner ear • the peritoneum • preimplantation embryology • assisted fertilization • smooth and cardiac muscle • wrist kinematics and kinetics • the temporomandibular joint • blood supply to the muscles and skin • topographical, clinico-pathological, and functional anatomy • cross-sectional and endoscopic imaging • the spread of infection along fascial planes • anatomical landmarks that facilitate differential diagnosis • key anatomical variants throughout the body • and many other crucial areas.
• Almost 400 new illustrations nearly 2,000 in all, over half of them in full color—depict all structures with optimal clarity, includ¬ing surface anatomy, radiologic anatomy, and microanatomy.
• A new, multimedia package enables users to consult the printed book…access a dynamic, continuously updated web site…or explore a CD-ROM containing all of the book's images plus 9 fully rotatable, strippable anatomical models.

Your purchase of the Gray’s Anatomy e-dition, entitles you to access the web site until the next edition of the book is published, or until the current edition is no longer offered for sale by Elsevier, whichever occurs first. If the next edition is published less than one year after your purchase, you will be entitled to online access for one year from your date of purchase. Elsevier reserves the right to offer a suitable replacement product (such as a downloable or CD-ROM-based electronic version) should online access to the web site be discontinued.

Reviews
An Institution between Covers - the 39th Edition Expands Gray's Original Task - By Sherwin B. Nuland "The eminent mid-20th century British historian of medicine F.N.L. Poynter once said of Gray's Anatomy that "what began as a book has become an institution." Like all progressive institutions, this one periodically looks itself over, evaluates its development and takes measures to be sure that it has kept up with the times. Keeping up has occasionally required increasing the complexity of its operations, necessarily expanding its bureaucracy, and seeking new forward-looking leadership. As the institution among medical books, Gray's Anatomy has throughout its history continued to do all these things, with the result that it has only improved with age; it is venerable, but not hoary. Quite obviously, no single reviewer is competent to judge the reliability of every bit of material to be found in this encyclopedic book. As a general surgeon selectively studying sections with which I have a career's worth of experience and only perusing others, I am much taken with their usefulness and lucid readability, which says a great deal for an anatomy text. One final word. It is customary when reviewing a book that is in all ways as outstanding as this one to introduce a quibble or two, if for no other reason than to show that the volume has been carefully and completely evaluated with a critical eye. Being a surgeon and not an anatomist (who therefore does not know a fissura antitragohelicina from a sulcus antihelcis transversus), I have been able to find only one item about which to grouse: One looks in vain for the "Surface Anatomy of the Lower Limb" to be found on page 1339, as the table of contents claims. It is to be located 60 pages further on, where the topic is just as clearly presented as is every other facet of this beautifully produced and medically invaluable book." -Scientific American, March 2005 The book exudes class. Surgeons and radiologists will enjoy owning the ultimate road map of the human body. Clinicians will enjoy dipping into this and reading about their specialist area. Whilst many doctors will find some of the contents a fascinating and interesting read. The quality of illustrations is superb with great detail and well labelled. The website is fantastic and similar to other e-ditions from the Elsevier series. This package is magnificient and for those that want a superb anatomy resource, look no futher this book and website will more than suffice. Univadis Medical Website, May 2005 This book is essential for the practice of pathological anatomy as it focuses on what the practitioner can see in practice as opposed to the anatomy which is taught academically. It is an integrated and original work which will become a daily reference for all clinicians, radiologists and anatomo-pathologists. It's easy to read, attractively designed and user friendly. It is to be recommended at all levels, in particular for those needing to refresh their knowledge. French Website for french pathologists (www.anapath.necker.fr) The new Gray's website has an ask-the-author section where your emailed question can be directed via the editor-in-chief to one of the authors. There's a selection of about 30 anatomy-related websites. There's a link to a drugs database. And the editorial team keep you up-to-date with the world of anatomy by regularly inserting anatomical research abstracts at relevant places in the e-book. Many will like the 39th edition and it will be widely used. The Lancet Oncology, August 2005 The Primal 3 interactive tests are the best bit on the CD and will certainly be of interest to students trying to learn all this stuff for the first time, and for those who wish to see how much they have forgotten. The Lancet, September 2005.