Time is running short. You have a vast amount of anatomy to review and you have hundreds, if not thousands, of questions. You need answers. Now! The Anatomy Answer Book is your pre-examination solution. Using a simple question and answer format this well illustrated review can be used as a quick self-testing manual or an even more rapid quick review. Tested and developed by a master teacher with countless students at two major U.S. universities, this rapid review approach has been tested and refined over several generations of students. Inside you will find a complete, compressed anatomy review with points of major importance - those most likely to be found on exams - reviewed repeatedly throughout the book. Visualization is the key to learning anatomy. USMLE examinations contain an ever-increasing number of X-rays, CAT Scans, MRIs and line drawings. Inside you will find hundreds of questions and answers that focus on this key visual material. The anatomical facts presented have been culled from more than 50 years of preparation and examination of dissections, lectures, and helping students in the anatomy laboratory. Table of Contents Chapter 1. The Back ‧ The vertebral column, the spinal cord, and the nerve roots ‧ The meninges, the spinal cord, and the nerve roots ‧ The vertebrae, regional characteristics ‧ Radiology of the back Chapter 2. The Upper L