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The texts are entirely different in their approach. The book is also not a very interesting read and has a cluttered organization. I used that book instead of COA for developing a conceptual understanding of anatomy before entering the gross lab. I think this is why they released a "dumbed down" version of this text (Essential Clinical Anatomy).
I would like to preface this by saying that I am a medical student who was taught gross anatomy by one of the authors of this book. I preferred the approach taken by GAS over COA. It made a huge difference in my efficiency and confidence once I made the switch. I can say with personal experience after being forced to use this book that it is not very useful as a study aid.
As my exams focused heavily on the clinical correlation "blue boxes" in COA, I used it exclusively for that.On the other hand, I would highly recommend you take a look at Gray's Anatomy for Students. The pictures were cleaner and just detailed enough to address the points of the text, and the organization cannot be praised enough. As mentioned in other reviews, the pictures in this book are either poorly drawn ones of an almost schematic nature or overly detailed (as they are direct copies of figures from Grant's Atlas). The book seems more concerned with being a reference anatomy text than a teaching tool, and for time-stressed med students learning anatomy for the first time, this is not a great approach.
It will explain things to you in words with a few picutres to supplement. I felt like the text was clear and detailed on every anatomical part that I wanted to know about. The pictures are clear and informative, but it is a text. This book did a great job of filling that roll.
Here is the low down. In hindsight, however, it wasn't necessary. It is not an Atlas or a review. This book is not a book that you can even consider reading through.
It is comforting to know that I have this one on my shelf, and I am still referencing it. It is nice to have, but you can do without if your class doesn't requre it. It is, however, one of the best references that you can buy. In medical school, there were times that I needed to reference something because I didn't understand.
You would see the picture and have a table of origin, insertion, action and nerve. This is an excellent text no matter what health profession you are in. 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. If you really want to go into depth then you can read it. I very rarely read the text. The pictures accompanied with the tables are basically what I used.
It made the simple and complicated anatomical topics digestible, and it helped organize the body easily. This book was helpful in understanding the clinical applications and benefits in knowing and understanding one's anatomy.
A great buy for any biomedical anatomy major or medical student. 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. 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.
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