Highlights:
• This book is extensively revised as per the competency-based medical education (CBME) curriculum. All the competencies, as recommended by the National Medical Commission of India, have been included.
• A new chapter Imaging of the Brain and Spinal Cord has been included to help students understand the importance of X-rays, angiography, MRIs, CT, and PET scanning.
• The “Clinical Aspect” is now more explanatory for ease in understanding by first year students.
• Many new line diagrams and flowcharts have been included and existing line diagrams have been modified so that students are able to reproduce them easily.
• Language has been kept very simple and concise. Less important details are omitted.
• Chapter-end summaries have been included to help in quick revision.
• For the self-assessment of the topic, new MCQs with answers and explanations are included. At the end of each chapter, a list of important (frequently-asked) questions is also provided along with the hints to help students answer these questions. Digital Ancillaries:
• Author-guided dissection videos, author lecture videos
• Image Bank
• Free access to the eBook
