Here is the low down. This book is not a book that you can even consider reading through! It is, however, one of the best references that you can buy. I felt like the text was clear and detailed on every anatomical part that I wanted to know about. In medical school, there were times that I needed to reference something because I didn't understand. This book did a great job of filling that roll. It is comforting to know that I have this one on my shelf, and I am still referencing it. The pictures are clear and informative, but it is a text. It is not an Atlas or a review. It will explain things to you in words with a few picutres to supplement. In hindsight, however, it wasn't necessary. It is nice to have, but you can do without if your class doesn't requre it.

This is an excellent text no matter what health profession you are in. I very rarely read the text. The pictures accompanied with the tables are basically what I used. You would see the picture and have a table of origin, insertion, action and nerve. If you really want to go into depth then you can read it. Moore did a great look at and then I would recommend a real life atlas such as Rohen to compliment the cartoons with cadaver pictures.

This book was helpful in understanding the clinical applications and benefits in knowing and understanding one's anatomy. It made the simple and complicated anatomical topics digestible, and it helped organize the body easily.

Moore's Anatomy text was a great buy for me. I used it in my 2nd year anatomy course and am now using it in 3rd year anatomy. Diagrams are clear and concise and there also a variety of additional boxes which supply info about the types of disease/trauma states which significant impact on anatomy. A great buy for any biomedical anatomy major or medical student.

As 1st year med student, this book has been extremely helpful in bringing the gross anatomy lab memorization to actual practice. Clinical "Blue boxes" very helpful and interesting. Also lists muscles with innervations and blood supply very clearly.

The only drawback to this text is that it's too heavy to carry around regularly. It's more of a desk reference. Otherwise, the charts and clinical cases are really interesting and helpful for understanding the material you're learning. I would just buy the Essential Clinical Anatomy text though because it's this same book in a smaller form. Same charts and pictures, only smaller. It's light and full of everything you'll need on a moment to moment basis for med school.

I admit that I have not read through this book. I have only read the introduction so far and I am appalled that after five editions so many things could still be wrong with any text, especially such a supposedly authoritative one. In the ~80 page introduction, I found mislabeled figures, inconsistent terminology between figures and text, and information that is just plain wrong. I still don't know whether or not sympathetic stimulation of the external genitals causes vasodilation (according to the text) or vasoconstriction (according to the figure). The figures are poor in quality and painful to "read" through, and the text is just dull, which is sad considering the text is the highlight of the book. Even simple and minuscule ideas are drawn out to the point of masking important points.

By sheer volume of information, this text wins over all other anatomy texts, and I respect it for that. Also, there are tons of clinical "blue boxes" that are quite interesting and well-written (though still too wordy). However, medical students generally don't have time to cram 1200 pages of anatomy text into their brains, at least, not in the way Moore presents it. Gray's Anatomy for Students presents anatomy for medical students much clearer. The writing and illustrations work TOGETHER to make learning anatomy as easy and fast as possible. The illustrations and text are both marvelous and worlds better than COA. Clinical cases are also presented in Gray's Anatomy for students, though they match neither the quality or quantity of COA's blue boxes.

Bottom line, I choose GA over COA as a student any day because it's easier and faster to learn anatomy that way. Because COA has more information, more text, and more clinical cases, I can see why it is the required reading at the majority of med schools. Still, I use GA because I cannot stomach reading COA any longer. My advice is to check out COA, and if the introduction bores or annoys you, check out Gray's Anatomy for Students.

I admit that I have not read through this book. I have only read the introduction so far and I am appalled that after five editions so many things could still be wrong with any text, especially such a supposedly authoritative one. In the ~80 page introduction, I found mislabeled figures, inconsistent terminology between figures and text, and information that is just plain wrong. I still don't know whether or not sympathetic stimulation of the external genitals causes vasodilation (according to the text) or vasoconstriction (according to the figure). The figures are poor in quality and painful to "read" through, and the text is just dull, which is sad considering the text is the highlight of the book.

By sheer volume of information, this text wins over all other anatomy texts, and I respect it for that. Also, there are tons of clinical "blue boxes" that are quite interesting and well-written (as if the authors actually got excited about these areas). However, as a medical student, I don't have time to cram 1200 pages of anatomy text into my brain, at least, not in the way Moore presents it. Gray's Anatomy for Students presents anatomy for medical students much clearer. The writing and illustrations work TOGETHER to make learning anatomy as easy and fast as possible. The illustrations and text are both marvelous and worlds better than COA. Clinical cases are also presented in Gray's Anatomy for students, though don't appear to be as numerous as in COA, which is a pity.

Bottom line, I choose GA over COA as a student any day because it's easier and faster to learn anatomy that way. Because COA has more information, more text, and more clinical cases, I can see why it is the required reading at the majority of med schools. Still, I will go against my schools recommendation because I cannot stomach reading COA any longer. To you, I say go to your library/book store and read a couple of passages, including figures, in each. I can almost guarantee you that Drake will be easier to comprehend, but you make up your own mind.

Overall, this book is ordinary. I bought it in first year med as a suggested text, but have not found it very useful. The main problem I find is that the explanations are too long and wordy - tough reading - and there are some mistakes. If you haven't already, try to borrow a copy of this book off someone and see if its your style.

The clinical correlates are OK, but a bit superficial. If you're studying or practicing medicine, you'll be reading this stuff in clinical textbooks in more appropriate detail anyway. As someone previously mentioned, you can just as easily wikipedia this stuff, and to be honest, you might be surprised to get a better description there.

Without question, I've got the most out of Grant's atlas (11th ed.), which has nice concise, relevant text. If you want the same sort of detail as Moore, I can recommend Snell's "Clinical Anatomy" as a better option - much easier to read, very clear explanations. Otherwise, "Mini-Moore", as a previous reviewer has mentioned, is more useful in day to day medical study, although I don't use it myself.

I have been using Moore and Daly's Clinically Oriented Anatomy in medical anatomy classes. The book has the best, most readable text and presents a complicated topic in a straightforeward manner. It is appropraite for medical, dental, graduate anatomy, and physician assistant classes but is probably too much for some programs and is definitely too dense for undergraduate anatomy classes. Check out Moore's Essential Clinical Anatomy (Point (Lippincott Williams & Wilkins)) text for undergraduate programs.

Some reviewers have felt that there were too few pictures in the text. But remember, this is a textbook and not an atlas. I think the pictures are appropriate and provide some insight into the concepts that Moore and Daly are trying to get across. Besides, the book is already a hefty 1104 pages!

One thing I'm especially impressed by is the constant updating of the text by the authors. Since anatomy is a fairly stable subject, it would be easy for them to leave it untouched but instead they continue to include changes in nomenclature and any new discoveries in anatomy (Yes, after all this time, we are still finding new feaures of the human body, just not too often).

This is an amazing book, excellent book, It's easy to read, good graphics, It's everything you need for completely understand of the human anatomy.

Do you want to do further reading, to expand on your mastery of anatomy? Ok, then this is ok. Do you want a reference manual? Ok, can't complain about this book.

Are you a first year MD, DC, ND, DO, PA or whatever similiar student looking for the best way to learn? Then don't use this. It's my experience, that when using this with Netter, as much time or more is spent flipping through pages trying to find what you are looking for, then acutally learning.

Grant's anatomy for students is vastly superior, with big clear pictures, that explaine concepts fully. Moore is too word, with too much detail, and makes learing a chore. More facts does not mean you will learn more, nor learn what do faster, or easier, with higher comprehension.

I'm studing for board exams now, my BRS series anatomy book is totally read over, and I maybe put 15 minutes into looking at Moore the last 3 months. But really, if you need to find the odd fact, it's easier to just Wikipedia it, then search through Moore.

It is no news that Moore's Clinically Oriented Anatomy is a great anatomy book. I could add that this edition is even better than the 4th, best organized I should say. The blue boxes are ideal for learning the true meaning of the things you're studying. What is more, the descriptions of each part of the body makes Moore my favorite reading in terms of anatomy. Clear, sharp and catchy.

This book is excellent. Great pictures, easy to read text, nice tables, to the fact. Although it is so long, it doesn't even seem like it. Not boring at all. Gives you great clinical information and makes you feel like you are almost a doctor in your first semester of medical school.

This atlas is not only clinically oriented with the most pertinent and likely to see conditions in your office, but also provides in depth origin, insertion, innvervation, action, and vasculature tables for ALL the systems of the body. It is truly a wonderful book to have on your shelf in your office.

This book is great, despite numerous print errors. It is easy to read and makes anatomy fun. Clinical boxes allow you to make the transition from paper to practice by linking anatomy to clinical concepts. I truly enjoy this book and continue to use it often.

I used this book to supplement the information provided in my first year of medical school. In my opinion, it is by far one of the better anatomy references available. The diagrams are detailed and outstanding! Moore does a great job of incorporating common mechanisms of injury; which is important in the diagnosis from a clinical aspect. This book, in conjunction with Rohen Atlas of Anatomy should be plenty for a first year medical student to do well in gross. Would highly recommend!

Used the fourth edition text for Anatomy at Santa Monica College. Brilliant in it's regional appoach and atention to detail. Indispensable reference tool for working on the cadaver when I actually read it, since the photo illustrations aren't the most useful.

The only problem with the text is that it's, well, clinically oriented(with lots of case studies). Unless you're studing for the medical field, you might want to find a text with a more general and/or interdisciplinary approach.

If your looking for an atlas this is not what you need. If your looking for a book to supplement your lecture notes for Medical gross anatomy this can be helpful sometimes. If you an undergraduate it would be very helpful and probably assigned. Moore provides fairly clear and concise discriptions and explinations of anatomy in this book. It is fairly well orginized and some of the pictures are okay. The diagrams are better with some being extremely helpful. If you are someone who needs to understand every aspect of something to feel comfortable with the material (but are still a beginner) this is the anatomy text for you. It has nice clinical correlates etc. If you want a indepth clinical book you can do better. Overall, a good begining anatomy text, but not perfect. If you can borrow someone elses you maybe better off.

Ok, I am just starting medical school. So far I am 120 pages into this book. I like it very much - it is very readable book and has made many concepts clear to me. Some q-banks reference this book (Appleton & Lange Anatomy for one). One very successful USMLE tester(268/99)credits reading the blue boxes in Moore before the exam with being the most high yield Anatomy study for the Step 1 exam. Beating HY Anatomy and BRS Anatomy. I have both HY Anatomy and BRS Anatomy - however, reading this book gives the more exam important concepts and mechanisms the USMLE Step 1 test is changing towards.

If you're looking for a good, comprehensive reference for anatomy (nobody sits down and reads these kinds of books from cover to cover), save yourself some time looking for one and just get this one. Its much more illustrious than Grants or Grays as it has much prettier pictures- and it contains a wealth of info on anatomy with a little bit of physio thrown in here and there. A complete (but heavy) volume of human antatomy, its my favorite. Also recommend "The Sixty-Second Motivator" for healthcare readers who need a good book to motivate their patients to exercise, eat less fat, take their meds, etc.

Although the text did have many strong points such as clinical discussions as well as good anatomical descriptions, my anatomy class and I discovered many mistakes and misprints, especially within the charts and tables, which occured throughout the text, often conflicting with other texts as well as just being incorrect altogether. I would recommend another text for studying accurate descriptions and details concerning musculature, such as their origin and insertion as well as innervation and action.

If you're looking for a good, comprehensive reference for anatomy (nobody sits down and reads these kinds of books from cover to cover), save yourself some time looking for one and just get this one. Its much more illustrious than Grants or Grays as it has much prettier pictures- and it contains a wealth of info on anatomy with a little bit of physio thrown in here and there. A complete (but heavy) volume of human antatomy, its my favorite. Also recommend "The Sixty-Second Motivator" for healthcare readers who need a good book to motivate their patients to exercise, eat less fat, take their meds, etc.

This is an excellent textbook of anatomy with good descriptions, decent drawings, good tables, and pretty good clinical correlations. The problem with this book is that it is very wordy. I found that reading the entire chapters in this book was not that beneficial and not a good use of time. What was better was to read the condensed version "Essential Clinical Anatomy" , skim the chapters in the big book for additional details and clinical correlations, and then use Netter, Grant, and/ or Rohen atlases for as supplements.

I found this book to be quite confusing, without the clarity or focus an anatomy text needs. The text should provide clear, succint information that doesnt wander and make the reader's mind follow suit. There should be simple descriptions, followed by more complex information, rather than just complex, detailed information from the get-go.
On the other hand, it does cover everything and has some clinically related examples which are handy if you are a medical professional. If the book is required for your class, buy it, but be prepared to either buy a different one or not read it because it doesnt help.

This book has excellent tables, clinical cases, and illustartions. Beyond that I thought this book was pretty useless. The smaller book by the same authors suffice for med school, but the larger version is too wordy. The new student version by Gray's anatomy is a far better text. Use that and a Netter and you'll ace your anatomy class. Also the text by Woodbury is pretty good also, and so is Last's anatomy.

This book clearly and concisely teaches all aspects of anatomy. Not too much depth, but definately not too little. Others have complained about the pictures. Yes, they are Grants and I agree that Netters are much better, however, these illustrations do instruct well.

This book is simply astounding. I found it a pleasure to read, reasonably comprehensive, and well worth the cost. As a teaching assistant of Anatomy and Physiology at the Undergrad level, I've seen quite a few A&P texts. This one is not only much less expensive, but easier to read, more informative, and more professional.

This is my favorite anatomy textbook for many reasons. When I first took an anatomy class I started off being very excited about it. After what seemed like months of lectures and reading on the chemistry of water, lipid bilayers and other basic bio concepts we started in on real anatomy. By that time however I was too bored to care anymore and I had lost whatever initiative I'd had to learn the stuff. I love the fact that this book gets right into anatomy. I'm not saying the basic biology concepts aren't important, but people really can learn, appreciate, enjoy and benefit from a lot of anatomy whether they've mastered those concepts yet or not. I believe that the "big picture" type knowledge gained from diving right in with a book like this should inspire many learners to go back and really learn the underlying chemistry and cell biology in more detail...more efficiently though because they know why they need to know it. The clinical focus of this text is another major plus, constantly reminding readers of the materials relevance. The illustrations and figures are excellent, and the text is well written and very clear. I highly recommend this book for students and teachers of anatomy, and anyone interested in learning.

When I was in Medical Anatomy Courses, this book was my saving grace! If there is ever a time that you do not understand what the lecturer is saying, Moore will have a good section of text on the topic. The best thing to do, is go to that section-- ex: Muscles of the Neck--- and learn all the muscles names, Origins and Insertions, which ones are being used in which motion, the nerves that inervate them, to what level of the spine, the arteries and where they come from, the veins and where they go to, etc, etc... Moore will give clinical examples too. If someone cannot move their chin upward, which muscle or nerve might be effected etc...

Unlike Netter's and Gray's Anatomy texts, which are praised for their illustrations and details... Moore's emphasis is verbal (not visual). The pictures are more general, cartoonish, not like a cadaver. Many students did not appreciate this book for that reason, it seemed too wordy to them. That is quite understandable during the rigorous schedule of Medical Training. There were many times I did not have time to read it as much as I would have liked. There are times when memorization is all you can do. However, if one does take the time to read Moore, they will surely remember the details of the Anatomy Structures very well.

This book would be EXCELLENT for any pre-medical students the summer before entering Medical School. I wish I could go back in time and do that myself. Anatomy lecture and Anatomy Lab is one of the more challenging subjects in Graduate level programs. It is required that you know a great volume of new terms and structures in infinite detail.

Good Luck, and Happy Anatomy Reading!

This is a wonderful textbook for anatomy at all levels.
I have used this book as an undergrad in comparative anatomy; I used this instead of the offered text in anatomy in medical school; now I use this text in residency (physical medicine and rehabilitation) both as a personal reference and to generate presentations for students and residents.

The illustrations are good, but netter may have some better ones. The best part of this textbook are the comprehensive tables that are really clearly organized and make learning and memorizing easier due to their intuitive layout.

The clinical pearls are good, not always great. However, I haven't seen other books do nearly as well in their 'clinical' content as Moore.

Great book to have on the shelf forever. By the way, my 'softcover' has through lasted years routine use.

If you're looking for a good basic anatomy book to use as a reference, I highly recommend this one. It's very easy to find what you want and has satisfactory pictures. I personally found it much easier on the eyes than Grants. Also recommend "The No-Beach, No-Zone, No-Nonsense, Weight Loss Plan, A Pocket Guide To What Works" for a good review of the published research on losing weight.

This book is really a great book. It really explains difficult concepts clearly and concisely. I have never taken A&P before, but after reading this, it probably won't be so hard. Some of the pictures are taken from Grant's (I have this book too and it's really good)and are very clear. I would highly recommend reading this book if you are going in to the medical field. It's so interesting and easy to understand.

I found this book to be absolutely essential for getting through medical school gross anatomy, although not everyone does. I can't imagine learning anatomy without Moore and Dailey, but I have classmates who never picked it up and learned anatomy from Grant's Dissector, Netter's Atlas, and lecture notes alone. On the one hand, Moore and Dailey is so replete with details that it's not the most time efficient way of studying, but it's got pretty much everything that you'll need to know in it, and probably more. It's also got such great illustrations that, armed with only this text, a dissector, and a cadaver, it's possible to get through gross anatomy with Moore and Dailey and no atlas, although I would recommend picking up Netter's atlas, too, and possibly Rohen and Yokochi for self-testing yourself if you really want to splurge. Gross anatomy is rough, so do yourself a favor and don't skimp on buying study materials to save yourself a few bucks.

Clinically Oriented Anatomy has a depth that a simple anatomy atlas cannot provide. Moreover, muscles and other parts are listed in extremely helpful tables. On the other hand, I found this book to be overwhelming, even for a medical anatomy class. It's a nice reference book to have, but to learn from this book is difficult. Perhaps the abridged version of Moore ("Baby Moore") is more useful for those who want to read cover-to-cover without having to pick and choose and skim and go back, etc.

I thought this book was amazing!! It was my first medical school textbook. I flipped through the pages, glassy-eyed, realizing that this was what I had been working for!

Unfortunately, 2 years later, I ahve still not had the time to do more than use it as a reference book! I am hoping to read the entire thing sometime before retirement! Don't get me wrong, it is a great book, and I highly recommend it for medical students. However, looking back, I wish I had bought it BEFORE I came to medical school. Having the time to read the entire book, and learn the material would have been an incredible asset! Premedical students often wonder what they could be doing to prepare themselves for medical school. Buying this book and reading it would be high on my recommendation list!!!

I thing this is the perfect book for those who don't want to spend hours readind descriptive anatomy from books like Rouviere or Latarjet. But if you are counting only on this book, you're in a big mistake, cause' sometimes there's no way you can imagine what's the book trying to say, about the lacation, the function, or anything, without an Atlas or something like that.
So you must at least study with this and a nice atlas (maybe Netter o Yokochi), so you can follow the lecture.

Disorganized, contains inaccuracies, ugly pictures and a layout which looks like it's from the 70's, horribly distorted americanized latin (why destroy two beautiful languages by mixing them like this I will never understand) but the most comprehensive clinical anatomy textbook there is.