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Comprehensive, single-source coverage of the entire second year of medical school!
is a unique single-source review of the entire second year medical school curriculum. This full-color, richly illustrated, and engagingly written resource provides readers with a solid understanding of basic sciences relative to human organ systems which all medical students must be familiar. When used with the companion review First Aid for the Basic Sciences: General Principles, Third Edition, this powerful combination distills must-know course information to help students survive their first two years of medical school and provides an in-depth review for the USMLE Step 1.
• An essential companion during your first two years of medical school
• Includes important foundational content most other reviews leave out
• Focuses on the high-yield topics and facts tested on the USMLE Step 1
• Enhanced by full-color images, learning aids, tables, and concise text to streamline your study and help you excel in coursework and on the USMLE Step 1
• Provides a complete framework for understanding anatomy, embryology, pathology, and pharmacology by organ systems
• Mirrors the table of contents of First Aid for the USMLE Step 1 to facilitate side-by-side study
• Written by students who aced the USMLE and reviewed by top faculty
Contents
Contributing Authors
Faculty Reviewers
Preface
How to Use This Book
Acknowledgments
How to Contribute
Chapter 1: Cardiovascular
Embryology
Anatomy
Physiology
Pathology
Imaging
Pharmacology
Chapter 2: Endocrine
Hypothalamus and Pituitary
Thyroid and Parathyroid
Adrenal Gland
Pancreas
Chapter 3: Gastrointestinal
Embryology
Anatomy
Physiology
Pathology
Pharmacology
Chapter 4: Hematology and Oncology
Embryology
Anatomy
Pathology
Pharmacology
Chapter 5: Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue
Embryology
Anatomy
Physiology
Pathology
Pharmacology
Chapter 6: Neurology
Embryology
Histology
Pathology
Pharmacology
Chapter 7: Psychiatry
Basic Definitions and Concepts
Pathology
Chapter 8: Renal
Embryology
Anatomy
Histology
Physiology
Pathology
Pharmacology
Chapter 9: Reproductive
Embryology
Anatomy
Physiology
Pathology--Male
Pathology--Female
Pharmacology
Chapter 10: Respiratory
Embryology
Anatomy
Histology
Physiology
Pathology
Index
About the Editors
