Approach to the Surgical Patient

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Chapter 1

Approach to the Surgical Patient

Mark D. Miller, A. Bobby Chhabra, Francis H. Shen, Stephen Thompson, James A. Browne, David B. Weiss, Joseph S. Park

This book uses a bulleted text format and original color illustrations paired side by side with operative photographs to present orthopaedic anatomy and surgical approaches clearly.

Regional Anatomy

Regional anatomy for each section is presented in the following order:

Osteology (Bones)

There are 206 bones in the human skeleton (Fig. 1-1)

• 80 in the axial skeleton

• 126 in the appendicular skeleton

FIGURE 1-1 The human skeleton with major bones.

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