GRANT's Dissector. International Edition

Preface
Acknowledgments
Figure Credits
Introduction
CHAPTER 1: Back
SKIN OF BACK AND SUPERFICIAL SUBOCCIPITAL REGION
Dissection Overview
• SKELETAL ANATOMY
• SURFACE ANATOMY
Dissection Instructions
• SKIN INCISIONS OF BACK
• SUPERFICIAL SUBOCCIPITAL REGION
Dissection Follow-up
SUPERFICIAL MUSCLES OF BACK
Dissection Overview
Dissection Instructions
• TRAPEZIUS
• LATISSIMUS DORSI
• RHOMBOID MAJOR AND RHOMBOID MINOR
• LEVATOR SCAPULAE
Dissection Follow-up
INTERMEDIATE AND DEEP MUSCLES OF BACK
Dissection Overview
Dissection Instructions
• SERRATUS POSTERIOR SUPERIOR
• SERRATUS POSTERIOR INFERIOR
• SPLENIUS
• ERECTOR SPINAE
• SEMISPINALIS CAPITIS
• SEMISPINALIS CERVICIS
• MULTIFIDUS
Dissection Follow-up
SUBOCCIPITAL REGION
Dissection Overview
• SKELETAL ANATOMY
Dissection Instructions
• SUBOCCIPITAL MUSCLES
• CONTENTS OF SUBOCCIPITAL TRIANGLE
Dissection Follow-up
VERTEBRAL CANAL, SPINAL CORD, AND MENINGES
Dissection Overview
Dissection Instructions
• LAMINECTOMY
• SPINAL MENINGES
Dissection Follow-up
CHAPTER 2: Upper Limb
SKIN AND SUPERFICIAL MUSCLES OF BACK
SHOULDER AND POSTERIOR ARM
Dissection Overview
• SKELETAL ANATOMY
• SURFACE ANATOMY
Dissection Instructions
• SKIN INCISIONS OF POSTERIOR ARM
• POSTERIOR SHOULDER
• ROTATOR CUFF
• SUPRASCAPULAR ARTERY AND NERVE
• POSTERIOR COMPARTMENT OF ARM
Dissection Follow-up
PECTORAL REGION AND SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE OF UPPER LIMB
Dissection Overview
• SKELETAL ANATOMY
• SURFACE ANATOMY
Dissection Instructions
• SKIN INCISIONS OF PECTORAL REGION
• BREAST
• SUPERFICIAL PECTORAL REGION
• SKIN INCISIONS OF ARM AND FOREARM
• SUPERFICIAL ARM AND FOREARM
Dissection Follow-up
PECTORAL REGION
Dissection Overview
Dissection Instructions
• PECTORALIS MAJOR
• PECTORALIS MINOR AND THORACOACROMIAL ARTERY
Dissection Follow-up
AXILLA
Dissection Overview
Dissection Instructions
• AXILLA
• AXILLARY ARTERY
• BRACHIAL PLEXUS
Dissection Follow-up
ANTERIOR ARM AND CUBITAL FOSSA
Dissection Overview
• SKELETAL ANATOMY
Dissection Instructions
• ANTERIOR COMPARTMENT OF ARM
• NEUROVASCULATURE OF ARM
• CUBITAL FOSSA
Dissection Follow-up
ANTERIOR COMPARTMENT OF FOREARM
Dissection Overview
• SKELETAL ANATOMY
Dissection Instructions
• SUPERFICIAL LAYER OF ANTERIOR FOREARM
• INTERMEDIATE LAYER OF ANTERIOR FOREARM
• NEUROVASCULATURE OF ANTERIOR FOREARM
• DEEP LAYER OF ANTERIOR FOREARM
Dissection Follow-up
PALM OF HAND
Dissection Overview
• SKELETAL ANATOMY
Dissection Instructions
• SKIN INCISIONS OF PALM
• SUPERFICIAL PALM
• CARPAL TUNNEL
• THENAR EMINENCE
• HYPOTHENAR EMINENCE
• DEEP PALM
Dissection Follow-up
POSTERIOR FOREARM AND DORSUM OF HAND
Dissection Overview
Dissection Instructions
• DORSUM OF HAND
• SUPERFICIAL LAYER OF POSTERIOR FOREARM
• DEEP LAYER OF POSTERIOR FOREARM
Dissection Follow-up
JOINTS OF UPPER LIMB
Dissection Overview
Dissection Instructions
• STERNOCLAVICULAR JOINT
• ACROMIOCLAVICULAR JOINT
• GLENOHUMERAL JOINT
• ELBOW AND PROXIMAL RADIOULNAR JOINTS
• INTERMEDIATE AND DISTAL RADIOULNAR JOINTS
• METACARPOPHALANGEAL AND INTERPHALANGEAL JOINTS
Dissection Follow-up
CHAPTER 3: Thorax
PECTORAL REGION
INTERCOSTAL SPACE
Dissection Overview
• SKELETAL ANATOMY
• SURFACE ANATOMY
Dissection Instructions
• INTERCOSTAL SPACE
Dissection Follow-up
ANTERIOR THORACIC WALL AND PLEURAL CAVITIES
Dissection Overview
Dissection Instructions
• WINDOW THROUGH THORACIC WALL
• REMOVAL OF ANTERIOR THORACIC WALL
• ANTERIOR THORACIC WALL
• PLEURAL CAVITIES
Dissection Follow-up
LUNGS
Dissection Overview
Dissection Instructions
• LUNGS IN THORAX
• RIGHT LUNG
• LEFT LUNG
Dissection Follow-up
MEDIASTINUM
Dissection Overview
Dissection Instructions
• INFERIOR MEDIASTINUM
• HEART IN MEDIASTINUM
• REMOVAL OF HEART
Dissection Follow-up
EXTERNAL FEATURES OF HEART
Dissection Overview
Dissection Instructions
• SURFACE FEATURES AND VALVES OF HEART
• CARDIAC VEINS
• CORONARY ARTERIES
Dissection Follow-up
INTERNAL FEATURES OF HEART
Dissection Overview
Dissection Instructions
• RIGHT ATRIUM
• RIGHT VENTRICLE
• LEFT ATRIUM
• LEFT VENTRICLE
Dissection Follow-up
SUPERIOR MEDIASTINUM
Dissection Overview
Dissection Instructions
• SUPERIOR MEDIASTINUM
Dissection Follow-up
POSTERIOR MEDIASTINUM
Dissection Overview
Dissection Instructions
• POSTERIOR MEDIASTINUM
Dissection Follow-up
CHAPTER 4: Abdomen
SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE OF ABDOMEN
Dissection Overview
• SKELETAL ANATOMY
• SURFACE ANATOMY
Dissection Instructions
• SKIN INCISIONS OF ABDOMEN
• SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE OF ABDOMEN
Dissection Follow-up
ANTEROLATERAL ABDOMINAL WALL
Dissection Overview
Dissection Instructions
• EXTERNAL OBLIQUE
• INTERNAL OBLIQUE
• TRANSVERSUS ABDOMINIS
• RECTUS ABDOMINIS
• EPIGASTRIC VESSELS AND DEEP INGUINAL RING
Dissection Follow-up
REFLECTION OF ABDOMINAL WALL
Dissection Overview
Dissection Instructions
• ABDOMINAL QUADRANT REFLECTIONS
• ABDOMINAL WALL REFLECTION
• ANTERIOR ABDOMINAL WALL
Dissection Follow-up
PERITONEUM AND PERITONEAL CAVITY
Dissection Overview
Dissection Instructions
• ABDOMINAL VISCERA
• REFLECTION OF DIAPHRAGM
• PERITONEUM
Dissection Follow-up
FOREGUT DERIVATIVES
Dissection Overview
Dissection Instructions
• STOMACH AND VISCERAL SURFACE OF LIVER
• PORTAL TRIAD
• CELIAC TRUNK
• SPLEEN
• LIVER
• GALLBLADDER
Dissection Follow-up
MIDGUT AND HINDGUT DERIVATIVES
Dissection Overview
Dissection Instructions
• MIDGUT DERIVATIVES
• SUPERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY AND VEIN
• HINDGUT DERIVATIVES
• INFERIOR MESENTERIC ARTERY AND VEIN
Dissection Follow-up
DUODENUM, PANCREAS, AND HEPATIC PORTAL VEIN
Dissection Overview
Dissection Instructions
• DUODENUM
• PANCREAS
• HEPATIC PORTAL VEIN
Dissection Follow-up
REMOVAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT
Dissection Overview
Dissection Instructions
• OPENING THE STOMACH
• OPENING THE SMALL AND LARGE INTESTINES
• REMOVAL OF SMALL INTESTINE
• REMOVAL OF GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT
Dissection Follow-up
POSTERIOR ABDOMINAL VISCERA
Dissection Overview
Dissection Instructions
• RETROPERITONEAL VASCULATURE
• KIDNEYS
• SUPRARENAL GLANDS
• ABDOMINAL AORTA AND INFERIOR VENA CAVA
Dissection Follow-up
POSTERIOR ABDOMINAL WALL
Dissection Overview
Dissection Instructions
• MUSCLES OF POSTERIOR ABDOMINAL WALL
• LUMBAR PLEXUS
• ABDOMINAL PART OF SYMPATHETIC TRUNK
Dissection Follow-up
DIAPHRAGM
Dissection Overview
Dissection Instructions
• DIAPHRAGM
Dissection Follow-up
CHAPTER 5: Pelvis and Perineum
ANAL TRIANGLE
Dissection Overview
• SKELETAL ANATOMY
• SURFACE ANATOMY
Dissection Instructions
• SKIN INCISIONS OF GLUTEAL REGION
• SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE OF GLUTEAL REGION
• ISCHIOANAL FOSSA
Dissection Follow-up
FEMALE EXTERNAL GENITALIA, UROGENITAL TRIANGLE, AND PERINEUM
Dissection Overview
• SKELETAL ANATOMY
• SURFACE ANATOMY
Dissection Instructions
• LABIA MAJORA
• SKIN INCISIONS OF FEMALE UROGENITAL TRIANGLE
• FEMALE SUPERFICIAL PERINEAL POUCH
• CLITORIS
• FEMALE DEEP PERINEAL POUCH
Dissection Follow-up
FEMALE PELVIC CAVITY
Dissection Overview
Dissection Instructions
• FEMALE PELVIC PERITONEUM
• BROAD LIGAMENT
• SECTIONING OF FEMALE PELVIS
• FEMALE INTERNAL GENITALIA
Dissection Follow-up
FEMALE URINARY BLADDER, RECTUM, AND ANAL CANAL
Dissection Overview
Dissection Instructions
• FEMALE URINARY BLADDER
• FEMALE RECTUM AND ANAL CANAL
Dissection Follow-up
FEMALE INTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY AND SACRAL PLEXUS
Dissection Overview
Dissection Instructions
• FEMALE PELVIC BLOOD VESSELS
• FEMALE PELVIC NERVES
Dissection Follow-up
FEMALE PELVIC DIAPHRAGM
Dissection Overview
Dissection Instructions
• FEMALE PELVIC DIAPHRAGM
Dissection Follow-up
SCROTUM, SPERMATIC CORD, AND TESTIS
Dissection Overview
• SKELETAL ANATOMY
• SURFACE ANATOMY
Dissection Instructions
• SCROTUM
• SPERMATIC CORD
• TESTIS
Dissection Follow-up
MALE UROGENITAL TRIANGLE, PENIS, AND PERINEUM
Dissection Overview
Dissection Instructions
• SKIN INCISIONS OF MALE UROGENITAL TRIANGLE
• MALE SUPERFICIAL PERINEAL POUCH
• PENIS
• SPONGY (PENILE) URETHRA
• MALE DEEP PERINEAL POUCH
Dissection Follow-up
MALE PELVIC CAVITY
Dissection Overview
Dissection Instructions
• MALE PELVIC PERITONEUM
• SECTIONING OF MALE PELVIS
• MALE INTERNAL GENITALIA
Dissection Follow-up
MALE URINARY BLADDER, RECTUM, AND ANAL CANAL
Dissection Overview
Dissection Instructions
• MALE URINARY BLADDER
• MALE RECTUM AND ANAL CANAL
Dissection Follow-up
MALE INTERNAL ILIAC ARTERY AND SACRAL PLEXUS
Dissection Overview
Dissection Instructions
• MALE PELVIC BLOOD VESSELS
• MALE PELVIC NERVES
Dissection Follow-up
MALE PELVIC DIAPHRAGM
Dissection Overview
Dissection Instructions
• MALE PELVIC DIAPHRAGM
Dissection Follow-up
CHAPTER 6: Lower Limb
SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE OF LOWER LIMB
Dissection Overview
• SKELETAL ANATOMY
• SURFACE ANATOMY
Dissection Instructions
• SKIN INCISIONS OF LOWER LIMB
• SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE OF POSTERIOR LOWER LIMB
• SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE OF ANTERIOR LOWER LIMB
Dissection Follow-up
ANTERIOR COMPARTMENT OF THIGH
Dissection Overview
Dissection Instructions
• SAPHENOUS OPENING
• FEMORAL TRIANGLE
• ADDUCTOR CANAL AND SARTORIUS
• QUADRICEPS FEMORIS
• TENSOR OF FASCIA LATA
Dissection Follow-up
MEDIAL COMPARTMENT OF THIGH
Dissection Overview
Dissection Instructions
• MEDIAL COMPARTMENT OF THIGH
• NEUROVASCULATURE OF MEDIAL THIGH
Dissection Follow-up
GLUTEAL REGION
Dissection Overview
• SKELETAL ANATOMY
Dissection Instructions
• GLUTEUS MAXIMUS
• GLUTEUS MEDIUS AND MINIMUS
• EXTERNAL ROTATORS OF HIP
Dissection Follow-up
POSTERIOR COMPARTMENT OF THIGH AND POPLITEAL FOSSA
Dissection Overview
• SKELETAL ANATOMY
Dissection Instructions
• POSTERIOR COMPARTMENT OF THIGH
• POPLITEAL FOSSA
Dissection Follow-up
POSTERIOR COMPARTMENT OF LEG
Dissection Overview
• SKELETAL ANATOMY
Dissection Instructions
• SUPERFICIAL COMPARTMENT OF POSTERIOR LEG
• DEEP COMPARTMENT OF POSTERIOR LEG
Dissection Follow-up
LATERAL COMPARTMENT OF LEG
Dissection Overview
Dissection Instructions
• LATERAL COMPARTMENT OF LEG
Dissection Follow-up
ANTERIOR COMPARTMENT OF LEG AND DORSUM OF FOOT
Dissection Overview
• SKELETAL ANATOMY
Dissection Instructions
• CRURAL FASCIA
• ANTERIOR COMPARTMENT OF LEG
• DORSUM OF FOOT
Dissection Follow-up
SOLE OF FOOT
Dissection Overview
• SKELETAL ANATOMY
Dissection Instructions
• SKIN INCISIONS OF SOLE OF FOOT
• PLANTAR APONEUROSIS AND CUTANEOUS NERVES
• FIRST LAYER OF SOLE OF FOOT
• SECOND LAYER OF SOLE OF FOOT
• THIRD LAYER OF SOLE OF FOOT
• FOURTH LAYER OF SOLE OF FOOT
Dissection Follow-up
JOINTS OF LOWER LIMB
Dissection Overview
Dissection Instructions
• HIP JOINT
• KNEE JOINT POSTERIOR APPROACH
• KNEE JOINT ANTERIOR APPROACH
• ANKLE JOINT
• JOINTS OF INVERSION AND EVERSION
Dissection Follow-up
CHAPTER 7: Neck and Head
SUPERFICIAL NECK
Dissection Overview
• SKELETAL ANATOMY
• SURFACE ANATOMY
Dissection Instructions
• SKIN INCISIONS OF NECK
• LATERAL CERVICAL REGION
Dissection Follow-up
ANTERIOR CERVICAL REGION
Dissection Overview
Dissection Instructions
• SUPERFICIAL ANTERIOR CERVICAL REGION
• MUSCULAR TRIANGLE
• SUBMANDIBULAR TRIANGLE
• SUBMENTAL TRIANGLE
• CAROTID TRIANGLE
• EXTERNAL CAROTID ARTERY
Dissection Follow-up
THYROID AND PARATHYROID GLANDS
Dissection Overview
Dissection Instructions
• THYROID AND PARATHYROID GLANDS
Dissection Follow-up
ROOT OF NECK
Dissection Overview
Dissection Instructions
• ROOT OF NECK
• SUBCLAVIAN ARTERY
Dissection Follow-up
FACE
Dissection Overview
• SKELETAL ANATOMY
• SURFACE ANATOMY
Dissection Instructions
• SKIN INCISIONS OF FACE
• SUBCUTANEOUS TISSUE OF FACE AND FACIAL NERVE
• FACIAL ARTERY AND VEIN
• MUSCLES AROUND ORBITAL OPENING
• MUSCLES AROUND ORAL OPENING
• SENSORY NERVES OF FACE
Dissection Follow-up
PAROTID REGION
Dissection Overview
• SKELETAL ANATOMY
Dissection Instructions
• PAROTID REGION
Dissection Follow-up
SCALP
Dissection Overview
Dissection Instructions
• SCALP
Dissection Follow-up
TEMPORAL AND INFRATEMPORAL REGIONS
Dissection Overview
• SKELETAL ANATOMY
Dissection Instructions
• MASSETER AND REMOVAL OF ZYGOMATIC ARCH
• TEMPORAL REGION
• INFRATEMPORAL FOSSA
• MAXILLARY ARTERY
• PTERYGOIDS
• TEMPOROMANDIBULAR JOINT
Dissection Follow-up
INTERIOR OF SKULL
Dissection Overview
Dissection Instructions
• REMOVAL OF CALVARIA
• CRANIAL MENINGES
Dissection Follow-up
BRAIN REMOVAL, DURAL INFOLDINGS, AND DURAL VENOUS SINUSES
Dissection Overview
• SKELETAL ANATOMY
Dissection Instructions
• REMOVAL OF BRAIN
• DURAL INFOLDINGS
• DURAL VENOUS SINUSES
Dissection Follow-up
GROSS ANATOMY OF BRAIN
Dissection Overview
Dissection Instructions
• BRAIN
• BLOOD SUPPLY OF BRAIN
• CRANIAL NERVES
Dissection Follow-up
CRANIAL FOSSAE
Dissection Overview
• SKELETAL ANATOMY
Dissection Instructions
• ANTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA
• MIDDLE CRANIAL FOSSA
• POSTERIOR CRANIAL FOSSA
Dissection Follow-up
ORBIT
Dissection Overview
• SKELETAL ANATOMY
• SURFACE ANATOMY
Dissection Instructions
• RIGHT ORBIT FROM SUPERIOR APPROACH
• CONTENTS OF ORBIT
• EYELID AND LACRIMAL APPARATUS
• LEFT ORBIT FROM ANTERIOR APPROACH
Dissection Follow-up
DISARTICULATION OF HEAD
Dissection Overview
• SKELETAL ANATOMY
Dissection Instructions
• RETROPHARYNGEAL SPACE
• DISARTICULATION OF HEAD
• PREVERTEBRAL AND LATERAL VERTEBRAL REGIONS
Dissection Follow-up
PHARYNX
Dissection Overview
Dissection Instructions
• MUSCLES OF PHARYNGEAL WALL
• NERVES OF PHARYNX
• OPENING OF PHARYNX
• BISECTION OF HEAD
• INTERNAL ASPECT OF PHARYNX
Dissection Follow-up
NOSE AND NASAL CAVITY
Dissection Overview
• SKELETAL ANATOMY
• SURFACE ANATOMY
Dissection Instructions
• NASAL SEPTUM
• LATERAL WALL OF NASAL CAVITY
Dissection Follow-up
PALATE AND PTERYGOPALATINE FOSSA
Dissection Overview
• SKELETAL ANATOMY
Dissection Instructions
• SOFT PALATE
• TONSILLAR BED
• PALATINE CANAL AND PTERYGOPALATINE FOSSA
Dissection Follow-up
ORAL REGION
Dissection Overview
• SURFACE ANATOMY
Dissection Instructions
• TONGUE
• BISECTION OF TONGUE AND MANDIBLE
• SUBLINGUAL REGION
Dissection Follow-up
LARYNX
Dissection Overview
• SKELETAL ANATOMY
Dissection Instructions
• INTRINSIC MUSCLES OF LARYNX
• INTERIOR OF LARYNX
Dissection Follow-up
EAR
Dissection Overview
• SKELETAL ANATOMY
• SURFACE ANATOMY
Dissection Instructions
• TYMPANIC CAVITY FROM SUPERIOR APPROACH
• SECTIONING OF TYMPANIC CAVITY
• WALLS OF TYMPANIC CAVITY
Dissection Follow-up
Index

A go-to dissection resource for generations, Grant’s Dissector, 18th Edition, provides comprehensive, step-by-step guidance for the dissection of the human cadaver, empowering users to recognize important anatomic relationships and ensure successful outcomes in the anatomy lab. This updated 18th Edition is easy to use and exhaustive in scope, offering the perfect balance of foundational coverage and the latest approaches to broaden your understanding of key dissection procedures and ready you for success in healthcare practice.
 
Each chapter is consistently organized beginning with a Dissection Overview that provides a blueprint of what needs to be accomplished during the dissection session and includes relevant surface anatomy. Dissection Instructions offer a logical sequence and numbered steps for the dissection. The Dissection Follow-up emphasizes important features of the dissection and encourages you to reflect on and synthesize the information for the most accurate and effective outcomes.

• UPDATED! New and revised illustrations improve students’ accuracy and precision from initial incisions to deeper dissection.
• Chapter Introductions focus students’ attention on relevant Clinical Correlations for healthcare practice.
• Dissection Overviews outline key steps and relevant surface anatomy and osteology, including illustrated landmarks and procedural guidance from palpating bony structures to making skin incisions.
• Dissection Instructions deliver numbered, step-by-step support to clarify procedures and ensure confidence throughout the dissection experience.
• UPDATED! Cross-references reinforce understanding and streamline the dissection process with direct links to related content in Grant’s Atlas of Anatomy and Grant’s Dissection Videos.