Acland’s DVD Atlas of Human Anatomy, Set of Six DVDs: The Upper Extremity, The Lower Extremity, The Trunk, The Head and Neck, Part 1, The Head and Neck, Part 2, and The Internal OrgansThe six DVDs in this remarkable and beautifully produced DVD anatomy atlas explore the fundamental structures of the Musculoskeletal System, the Head and Neck, and the Internal Organs. DVD 1: The Upper Extremity These DVDs show you true images of real, exquisitely dissected human anatomical specimens, in three dimensions. As the camera moves from one viewpoint to another, the specimen appears to rotate in space, letting the viewer experience it as a three-dimensional object. Acland’s DVD Atlas uses fresh, un-embalmed specimens that retain the color, texture, mobility—and beauty—of the living human body. A concise synchronized narration runs throughout the program. As each new structure is shown, its name appears on the screen. There is a self-testing feature at the end of each section. Specific content can be accessed through detailed searches of the index and table of contents. For students, Acland’s DVD Atlas is a time-saving aid to first-time learning, an effective way to relearn anatomy for clinical rotations, and a time-efficient tool for review. For clinicians in training and in practice, it assures a swift renewal of anatomic knowledge. For teachers, Acland’s DVD Atlas shortens the time needed to provide immediate, satisfying explanations of three-dimensional structure. Click here to view sample clips of Acland’s DVD Atlas of Human Anatomy. Read more about the Acland DVDs and how they were created. Lippincott Williams & Wilkins gratefully acknowledges the support of Jewish Hospital Foundation, Norton Healthcare, and United States Surgical Corporation in the production of the videos. 
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Review by Vinci for Acland’s DVD Atlas of Human Anatomy, Set of Six DVDs: The Upper Extremity, The Lower Extremity, The Trunk, The Head and Neck, Part 1, The Head and Neck, Part 2, and The Internal Organs
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This set of DVDs is transformed from Acland’s preeminent Video Atlas of Anatomy series. It is an extremely navigable learning tool with even higher quality audio and visual resolution. The DVDs are based on true dissected specimens. They are particularly useful for those who need to learn anatomy but have few or no chance to do dissection. I also know some people who want to learn anatomy but they refuse to dissect bodies. For these people, Acland’d DVDs are ideal tools. [...]
I contacted Dr. Acland via his website, and suggested him to make a script of the DVDs. He is very kind and quickly prepare a sample for me. I find that the script can help me not only with understanding his explanation in the DVDs, but also with remembering the details. I even printed his script and took them with me in the subway. I read it, and at the same time try to recall the images in the DVDs. I find it is a very good way to remember so many anatomical terms and structures.
Review by R. Alzoubi for Acland’s DVD Atlas of Human Anatomy, Set of Six DVDs: The Upper Extremity, The Lower Extremity, The Trunk, The Head and Neck, Part 1, The Head and Neck, Part 2, and The Internal Organs
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I have been very weak in anatomy and I had to pass board exams, I tried atlases, etc, but nothing really is interesting than listening and watching the human anatomy lectures by dr. acland. He did superb job on the anatomy….
Well done!!!
Review by Joan Opyr for Acland’s DVD Atlas of Human Anatomy, Set of Six DVDs: The Upper Extremity, The Lower Extremity, The Trunk, The Head and Neck, Part 1, The Head and Neck, Part 2, and The Internal Organs
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I am using this series to prepare in advance for gross anatomy. It is wonderful! From Dr. Acland’s soothing voice to the beautiful dissections, I can’t recommend this DVD series highly enough. You’ll learn without even knowing you’re doing so.
Review by Rehab Spec for Acland’s DVD Atlas of Human Anatomy, Set of Six DVDs: The Upper Extremity, The Lower Extremity, The Trunk, The Head and Neck, Part 1, The Head and Neck, Part 2, and The Internal Organs
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I have taken many anatomy courses and Acland’s anatomy is a great review for me. I would have found this very helpful during my study of anatomy in school also. The only thing is when I received my shipment one of the dvd cases was damaged but the dvd was not scratched.
Review by DrLee for Acland’s DVD Atlas of Human Anatomy, Set of Six DVDs: The Upper Extremity, The Lower Extremity, The Trunk, The Head and Neck, Part 1, The Head and Neck, Part 2, and The Internal Organs
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How frustrating is it to go to the anatomy lab and given a sheet of paper to show you what you are supposed to find? That is all a thing of the past because you can use these AWESOME Acland DVDs to direct you and show you the way to get a jump start on figuring out what is important and what is not. The way medical schools do it used to drive me crazy because they let you go on a wild goose chase but the answer to this are these Acland DVDs, not only do thy show you the anatomy, piece by piece, they show you the anatomy on sections that you will not-they are sections from fresh cadavers for the very purpose of identifying the anatomical parts and find them in your anatomy lab. I mean these dissected sections are perfect and they are fresh so when he moves a muscle to show you how they function you can see in real-time how they work. He points out the insertions points and shows you the nerves that innervate the muscle to give you a functional feel of how everything works. So the way I would use these DVDs is to watch the DVDs on these perfect sections with explanations given by Dr Acland, then go to your lab to identify it on your cadavers since that is what you’ll most likely be tested on. I’d identify them on Netters and Rohens just to solidify your knowledge base. This is the way I did it and it totally worked for me. You’ve got to have someone, in this case DR. Acland, point out the structures and then practice pointing out landmarks so you can find it on any cadaver. Half the time you spend hundreds of dollars on books for school and after the fact you realize you never opened the book and it was a complete waste of money, well this is something that is worth its weight in gold because if you use it, let’s say where ever you are or while you are studying and use it to teach you what to look for and learn what it does, this product is absolutely one of the best if not the best money you will spend in your 2 years of didactic course studies. The best $160 plus you will spend for anatomy. I found these DVDs from a friend who spend 2 years as an anatomy teachers assistant and he did not lead me wrong. I went out and bought these things right away and have never looked back since.
In my case, these Acland DVDs saved me from spending long hours in the lab looking around aimlessly and inefficiently for structures but these DVDs pointed out what I should be looking for. All in all these, these DVDs helped me to learn anatomy efficiently without wasting precious lab time, especially when there are a limited number of cadavers and an overabundance of students fighting for cadavers. The sections that you see can’t be replicated in the lab and the way they are presented are uniform and make sense to all the anatomy that is taught. The sections are beautiful in how they are presented and how the DVDs help the viewer to make sense of the anatomy and how it corresponds to its functionality; these DVDs are second to none. The sections that they present are nothing like anything you’ve ever seen and the way they show how the bones, the muscle, and nerves work together in unison to make the anatomy come to life is simply amazing. You could spend hours in the lab and try to dissect your own cadaver (albeit probably make a ton of mistakes dissecting the wrong parts and cutting away important parts) to show the parts of the anatomy or you could just watch these DVDs which do it all for you. The sections shown are in real-time and the way Dr. Acland explains the anatomy makes sense. Following these DVDs with Netter’s and Rohen is how I aced my anatomy class and I don’t think I could have done it without these resources. Certainly, you have to read your course book and read what they deem important to do well on the exam, but in terms of identifying the anatomy is where these DVDs really save you a bunch of time.
It is difficult to explain in words-you’ve just got to see the DVDs and see for yourself. Sure if you want to be a surgeon and try to cut away the skin, fat and fascia to see the way it should be done to learn, that’s one thing but these DVDs show you the main parts of the anatomy that you would probably miss because teasing away the outer layers is much more difficult than one would think. It is really easy to make an incorrect slice and cut out the stuff you should have learned from dissecting your own cadaver. I for one am not interested in being a surgeon and trying to tease away the fatty layers to get to the anatomical parts that are so important for my education. From experience, I found you spend so much time in trying to dissect the anatomy that often times you miss the anatomical parts that you are trying to find and that is where these DVDs come into play-they show you what you are supposed to have dissected and what you were supposed to have seen. I’ve never seen sections this well prepared and to see an expert working under perfect conditions is what this DVD tries to accomplishes and they do an incredible job at accomplishing that. Sure it misses some of the little stuff you’re supposed to learn during your dissection but referring to Netter’s and Rohen will give you all of the information you’ll need to learn the anatomy for medical school.
After my first few anatomical systems, I found these DVDs and began using just these DVDs, Netter’s and Rohen to pick out the anatomy I was supposed to find out on my own for each system and that is when I began to really learn more efficiently and began to ace my anatomy class. That is after all the purpose of medical school to teach you to learn efficiently, weed out the important stuff from the unimportant stuff. These DVDs show you the important stuff and emphasize what you should be concentrating on. Memorize the list of anatomical parts and learn the function of how the anatomy achieves the function and you’ll be at the top of your class without a doubt!!! Time is of the essence and these DVDs are great for the beginning anatomy student and they are also great for those who want to a quick review for the boards or for an refresher anatomy class. I couldn’t give higher marks for these DVDs and if I could I would 10 stars!!! There’s nothing else like them and they are beautifully done for each system.