Anatomical Chart Company's Illustrated Pocket Anatomy: The Vertebral Column & Spine Disorders Study Guide (Illustrated Pocket Anatomy)

Now in its Second Edition, this folding study guide takes the Anatomical Chart Company's most popular anatomical images and puts them in a durable, portable format that is perfect for the on-the-go student. Printed on a write-on, wipe-off laminated surface, this quick-reference guide shows numbered anatomical structures and contains answers that can be concealed for easy self-testing and memorization. This edition features a fresh, clean design, updated content, and improved organizational features such as key subject headers at the top of each panel. Coverage includes vertebral column and curvature; detailed views of lumbar, thoracic, and cervical vertebrae types, atlas and axis, and sacrum; lumbar vertebral ligaments; typical vertebra (superior view); vertebral column muscles; structural features and function of intervertebral discs; spinal nerve irritation due to exostosis; herniated disc; and common spinal disorders including kyphosis, scoliosis, lordosis, and osteoporosis.