From your dividing cells to your beating heart, this book takes a comprehensive look at the human body and reveals the extraordinary way your anatomy and physiology intertwine. In 13 illustrated chapters, Cracking Anatomy makes sense of all the body's systems, explains medical terminology and explores questions including: · How does your brain really see you? · How does age affect your muscles and bones? · How and why cells die? · Why the shape of a criminal's hands could be used to help identify them? · Can you exercise too much? · Which of the five senses is most important? · What triggers puberty? · Why your immune system has more than one line of defence? · Why anatomical quirks are more important than you think? · How long does it take for your body to digest food? · How many times does your heart beat in a day? · Why do we sleep? An accessible, comprehensive and fully illustrated guide to this absorbing area, Cracking Anatomy will both educate and excite all readers.

Written by radiology residents who have recently passed the newly formatted FRCR Part 1 Anatomy Exam, this study guide includes detailed coverage of all the anatomy topics on the exam. The images and accompanying questions and answers are specifically tailored to the new exam format and cover the following areas: Neuroradiology and Head and Neck Radiology; Chest and Cardiovascular Radiology; Gastrointestinal, Gynecological, and Urological Anatomy; Musculoskeletal Anatomy. Key Features: More than 300 high-quality images accompanied by questions and answers that match the syllabus of the newly formatted exam A practice exam at the end of the book, organized according to the new format, gives residents the experience of taking the exam under timed conditions Concise and easy-to-use, Passing the FRCR Part 1: Cracking Anatomy enables radiology residents to enter the FRCR Part 1 Anatomy Exam room confident in their knowledge and fully prepared to pass the exam.

Running has become more and more popular in recent years, with thousands of people entering marathons, buying new running shoes with the latest technology, and going for a daily jog, whether on the track or on a treadmill. Unfortunately, with running comes injuries, as a result of wrong information and improper training. Author Jay Dicharry was tired of getting the same treatments from doctors that didn’t heal his joint and muscle pain from running, so he decided to combine different fields of clinical care, biomechanical analysis, and coaching to help you avoid common injuries and become the best runner you can be. Along with clear and thorough explanations of how running influences the body, and how the body influences your running, this book answers many of the common questions that athletes have: Do runners need to stretch? What is the best way to run? What causes injuries? Which shoes are best for running? Is running barefoot beneficial? The mobility and stability tests will assess your form, and the corrective exercises, along with step-by-step photos, will improve your core and overall performance, so that you can train and run with confidence, knowing how to avoid injuries!

This volume describes a 3.6 million-years-old partial skeleton of Australopithecus afarensis from the Woranso-Mille, central Afar, Ethiopia. This specimen is the first adult partial skeleton to be recovered since Lucy’s (A.L. 288-1) discovery in 1974. It is older than Lucy by 400,000 years and sheds light on the paleobiology of early Australopithecus afarensis, particularly the morphology of the shoulder girdle and thoracic shape, which are thus far poorly understood and actively debated. The fauna associated with the partial skeleton tells us enormously about Au. afarensis paleoecology and give us another piece of the puzzle regarding habitat availability and use for Au. afarensis outside the Hadar region where it has been well-known for the last four decades.