Even most of us (the authors of this book) had to study
anatomy for the fi rst ti me and pass our fi rst year of med-
ical school just a few years ago. Just like the vast majority
of medical students, we too wished to own a big book of
anatomy of our own. We wanted to take pride in its com-
plexity, size, and infi nity in front of every person we knew.
We felt so proud that we were medical students that we
bought three volumes of an anatomy textbook from one
author, several other books by other authors, with two
more color atlases on top of that. We had more books
from one fi eld than from any other subject alto-
gether and a beauti ful (but naive) idea we
would once know it all. Do you recognize
that feeling? The excitement that you will
be able to know in detail the origins and
inserti ons of 300 muscles, the passages
of the fourteen branches of the maxillary
artery, or all the nuclei, tracts, and circuits
in the brain? An amazing image! Amazing
unti l you realize what we all know, but are
unwilling to admit: the fact that our mem-
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