The Complete Human Body: The Definitive Visual Guide (Revised edition)

This is a splendid book, now in its second edition. The coverage is as wide as is claimed on the cover. The first section is on the integrated body. This covers evolution, genetics, cells, tissues and the various body systems. This section acts as an introduction to the two main sections. The anatomy section begins with more details of the 11 body systems. Then parts of the body, like the head and the lower leg, are dealt with body system by body system. So for the head and neck, we get several pages on anatomy, followed by similarly detailed information...