By Chris Gunn Bones and Joints: A Guide for Students (4th Edition) [Paperback] Paperback – 16 July 2002

As a student radiographer myself I can safely say I've had a good look at many textbooks and this is has been essential for the skeletal aspect of the course. Each chapter is focussed on an area of the body and further divided into the different bones, how they articulate and what holds them together - essentially the entire bone mechanism in one.The MOST useful aspect of this book are the diagrams. I loved that they weren't labelled but they were numbered with a key. This meant that I could learn the theory and have a go at labelling them myself without thinking I knew the answers because they were already there. The diagrams are black and white which is actually useful because you can therefore see any grooves along the bone which are certainly significant. The images are not only line drawings but also x-rays as you'd imagine, some of which show pathologies. A majority of the images are the numbered diagrams as I've mentioned.This book is quite thin, which is surprising because it has everything you need to know for your first year. I found myself relying on this textbook during lectures because often I found it easier to understand by looking at a picture - and there are plenty of those.I recommend this for any radiography student - every student on my course had one. It is simple with a good amount of detail in a really well structured layout. There are very few sections of block text - so this may be something to keep in mind if you prefer to read a great deal as opposed to relating images to text.

As a first year, I thoroughly recommend this book, it is by far the most easiest to read and understand out of all the skeletal anatomy books because it is concise and straight to the point. It has decent diagrams and pictures of x rays that are all labeled and I've spoke to a radiographer who uses these books to help them out. The book is not particularly big and its price is a bit too much but it's still the best book for radiographers, it will help you through the 1st year.

I bought this as i'm training up as an assistant practitioner in radiology and i think its more than helpful for any students.. really nice diagrams and images alongside. Also shows how conditions appear on images .. will be one of my bibles

Excellent guide to radiographic anatomy particularly bony, it is set out in a logical way and give clear and concise information. I would say that it one of the most frequently used books that I have and I'm glad that I got it. Its small and not like some of the other books which cost stupendous amounts and actually aren't that useful.Brilliant book for any radiography students a definite must have.

After looking around and deciding to by the book second hand, I went for one of the sellers that had good ratings. The book was in a good state for second had (slightly bent corners) but it was exactly what I needed.The book also arrived on time.Would recommend this book and seller

Arrived within the delivery time scale. My son needs this as he is taking the NHS degree in diagnostic radiography and this forms part of the curriculum.

Just as described. Need to know this book back to front for radiography degree

Brilliant little book, make sure you have this in your collection if you are a Radiography student or qualified. It is always good to have in the collection to act as a refresher.