WoW! I just paid 40 bucks for it and it's so damn awesome, I will never fail my anatomy exams anymore (this is an intended joke, by the way, don't get offended). THANK YOU APPLE!!!!

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1.1: Welcome Screen

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As you can see it, you do have over 300 images and notice that many images do have 2 or more anatomy structures in them, just check the pictures that will follow. The loading does take a while, maybe 20-25 seconds, but afterwards it's smooth sailing.

1.2 : Overall images screen

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Here you can see the superior and lateral views of the vertebrae, along with the zoomed version of the superior view, just to point out the quality difference. Touching the pins will show you the respective structure name and clicking on the arrow will take you to another screen which shows you in what other images the structure appears, a google search button and its full name.

A small problem about the images is that you have no overall images where ALL the muscles of the lower limb, for example, are identified. Instead, you have one image per muscle. I suppose they did it this way because of the information screen which is really specific to each muscle, but I would've enjoyed a general view. Maybe for a future version?


1.3 : Info screen

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That is the coolest part of the application and also the biggest difference with the book version. You have an information page about EACH of the 300+ images, which tells you everything you need to know about it. For example, for EACH muscle, you get their origins, insertions, functions, nerve innervation, arteries and the specific details about them. It is always good if you have a physiology or anatomy exam, but if not, it is obviously something anyone studying the human body should know.

1.4 : Quiz feature

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This is pretty straight forward. It asks you to locate a structure, you must click on the pin related to it. If you have it wrong, it displays the red bar and you can either click on next, to get a different structure, or touch all the pins till you find it. The most important thing to do afterwards is to ... MEMORIZE IT!!

1.5: Index feature
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Here, you can see the general index and search feature. Once again, it is very simple to use and straightforward. Clicking on the structure will take you to the second screen, which will tell you what images contains the cardiac plexus.

1.6 : Comparison between my Netter's Atlas and the iPod application

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The first thing that comes to your mind after comparing these 2 images is that the book version has a lot more structures identified. This is partially true, because the less important ones (barely details ...) are not included in the iPhone app. Anyway, no one wants a pin clutter! Also, some structures in the superior view have been included in the lateral view, which explains why they don't show up on the first one.

Finally, the book version has about 600 pages, which doubles the amount of images included in the application, but the book also costs 125$ CAN (Sorry for the NON-FRENCH, by the way :p).


2.0: Conclusion

I would go as far as say that this application is a must buy for the medical students or anyone studying the human body, because you'll be carrying it everywhere you go and you never know when it can come in handy. The image quality is as good as it gets on the iPod, although I would've enjoyed to be able to ZOOM IN more, but the current level of detail is great and the images are very sharp, none the less. Keep in mind that this is a 40 mb app. for 300 high quality images, which is a good ratio. The quiz feature and the information available on each image is really what made me spend the 40$ (+ THE CANADIAN TAXES :() to buy this application. It is indeed very useful, and will hopefully serve me my entire career!

As for the negative points, well obviously the price might stop a lot of people from enjoying it. I would also like to be able to put pins with my own structure information, on each image, although this could be complicated to code, because of how every image is linked together. Also, there is some annoying bug that sometimes the image will load forever, then the application will crash, but this is going to be fixed, hopefully. There is really nothing else I would want added to this application, making it the perfect anatomy tool for the iPod & iPhone.

sounds fun.... what do you do in that game?

sounds fun.... what do you do in that game?

Not a game, although you can take a quiz on body parts and just the overall body anatomy. Here, I'm majoring in Medicine and it'll be damn helpful to make sure I can back off my anatomy knowledge wherever I go!!

Yea it actually looks sick if you are gonna use it but i never would so i'd never spend 40 bucks on it

Not a game, although you can take a quiz on body parts and just the overall body anatomy. Here, I'm majoring in Medicine and it'll be damn helpful to make sure I can back off my anatomy knowledge wherever I go!!

hows the quality?

like, how clear are the images?

They look from the appstore pics like they are very high quality although i cant speak for it on the touch/iphone...

They look from the appstore pics like they are very high quality although i cant speak for it on the touch/iphone...

You can zoom in, plus they are pretty good quality and will definitely help me remember the regional anatomy of multiple structures, WHENEVER I need it. This is just amazing, I don't know what else to say, god I'm happy to have bought an iPod.

hows the quality?

like, how clear are the images?

For $40 there obviously pretty good, the preview of this app does look pretty sweet :D

Just a small note, it's actually Netter's anatomy, which is not the same as Gray's Anatomy.

hmmm this realy is where the iphone exceeds from all other devices.

Just a small note, it's actually Netter's anatomy, which is not the same as Gray's Anatomy.

Yes, my bad, I wanted to change the topic title, but it wasn't working. Netter's is better anyway.

$40 for an app just wow.

I like it. too expensive tho.
Look at the "context-sensitive ad". Lmao

I'm only 16... Wanna be a doctor though... I might buy it when I have a job. Lol

I like it. too expensive tho.
Look at the "context-sensitive ad". Lmao

yeah i noticed that too.... love it

$40 for an app just wow.

You do have to consider how much a set of such flashcards would cost in real life, too.

http://www.bestwebbuys.com/Netter%27s_Anatomy_Flash_Cards-ISBN_9781416039747.html?isrc=b-search

They seem to run anywhere from $17 for a used set to $46, according to the interwebs.

Im not a medicine student but i find it very interesting.

I might buy it.

I am Jack's Medula Oblongata.

I ain't paying for it, but am certainly interested in it. HEY! Tell me where my thyroid is. It's stopped working. It needs its ass kicked:)

Sounds like someone is going to end up being a shoddy doctor ;)

Cheating on Medical Exams is FAIL!

he didnt say he was gonna CHEAT.

he said it would help him study.


right.....?

he didnt say he was gonna CHEAT.

he said it would help him study.


right.....?

That's what they all say.

hahahaha yeah really.

Personally I'd be reassured if, when I went to the doctor, he pulled out his iPhone and started looking stuff up.

I love it! I am going to become a doctor (In the future) so this will be SO good for practice. but it is 40 dollars though :/

Hehe, cheating your way in Med. school is retarded (plus they don't allow MP3s and cellphones here, during the exam - and yes, they check for it -)and won't help you with anything in the long run, plus you could fail your internship. Anyway, I know that thi app will come in handy during it, and later on, plus the quiz feature does help you study your anatomy (which I know already!!).

40$ might seem like a lot, but this is Netter's we're talking about here, which is some high quality stuff. Plus, I have his atlas of the human body which cost me 130$. This last one does have a lot more images, but there is no text coming with it (like the muscle insertion and function ain't described in details), so this application is definitely a nice compliment to the atlas.

Finally, stop PMing me lol, I've paid 40$ like many others, do the same or wait for a "cracked version", I don't want to share this app, sorry.

you lost me at "fail your internship".

Anyways, it is a handy app but I want to add and remove pins, as well as reset to default pins.

sounds fun.... what do you do in that game?
LOL! :p

Grey's Anatomy > Gray's Anatomy
:)

Haha, that sounds like a cool app, though... couldn't you just like, get pictures of it off teh internets and put them onto iphoto or whatever, and just look at them like that on your ipod?

Grey's Anatomy > Gray's Anatomy
:)

Haha, that sounds like a cool app, though... couldn't you just like, get pictures of it off teh internets and put them onto iphoto or whatever, and just look at them like that on your ipod?

Yeah, but then you forgot this is Netters and that stuff is really amazing, I don't know if you can find it free on the internet. Also, you forget that you can "click" on any anatomy part you want and see the descritpion. For the muscles, you see the origins, the insertions, and more, it's really great. Plus, the quiz feature is a must if you want to master the anatomy, haha i love it!
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Bump, I've added a review of the application, for anyone interested.

Also, can any MOD please change the title of the thread ... there is no gray's anatomy and it makes me look like a retard. Overly hyped retard, but still a retard, :p.

See ya guys.

and where can i find your review? ;)

and where can i find your review? ;)


The original post that I've edited :p.

doh :D

just finished reading, thanks for the review, very tempting

too much money. my sister needs it but to much money

oh my god now i realise so much money wasted on atlases and stuff, i mean seriously at $40 it is resonably priced hey thanx for the reveiw, i was dying to know more about this, now i am satisfied, i will get it
did you by chance also tried the neuranatomy stuff

oh my god now i realise so much money wasted on atlases and stuff, i mean seriously at $40 it is resonably priced hey thanx for the reveiw, i was dying to know more about this, now i am satisfied, i will get it
did you by chance also tried the neuranatomy stuff


I didn't get it, because I already have the full atlas of neuroanatomy of Netter's (300 pages, with text, and tons of images about the brain, etc), which is enough... I'll consider getting it, if needed, later on.

Also, I will definitely get the ECG reader as soon as it comes out (from the same company, check their website).


That's all.

I agree completely..this app is the best! I'm going into med school next year, and since I always have my ipod, I can use the program to review rather than carry around a 40 lb book everywhere :)

Quaker, what kind of doctor are you planning on becoming?

I hope to be a General Practitioner... Just a regular family doctor with my own clinic after a several years of interning or whatever.

I'm smart and shit, and i know that i'll be able to do it.

Hoping to be a University of Washington Medical School student.

Quaker, what kind of doctor are you planning on becoming?

I hope to be a General Practitioner... Just a regular family doctor with my own clinic after a several years of interning or whatever.

I'm smart and shit, and i know that i'll be able to do it.

Hoping to be a University of Washington Medical School student.

I still have 3 years to go before I choose my residency, so obviously I haven't seen anything yet, theory wise. So far, I've enjoyed the most neurology, emergency medicine and orthopaedics, but during my early biology classes I've always enjoyed the heart physiology, therefore I'm looking forward to my cardiology classes this fall. Pneumology is looking awesome too, so at the moment, I have noooo idea what I want to become. Also note that the surgery specialty might be interesting as well, if I do enjoy it, during my internship.

Also, trust me, if you get in med school, you'll finish it, it's not -as hard- as people make it seem (although expect to study 40-60 hours a week + the classes, at least here it is like that ...), but it is just a lot of theory that ain't that complicated to understand (save for the neurology stuff - at first I was really confused, but then I've learned to enjoy it and even love it).

Good luck man!

I still have 3 years to go before I choose my residency, so obviously I haven't seen anything yet, theory wise. So far, I've enjoyed the most neurology, emergency medicine and orthopaedics, but during my early biology classes I've always enjoyed the heart physiology, therefore I'm looking forward to my cardiology classes this fall. Pneumology is looking awesome too, so at the moment, I have noooo idea what I want to become. Also note that the surgery specialty might be interesting as well, if I do enjoy it, during my internship.

Also, trust me, if you get in med school, you'll finish it, it's not -as hard- as people make it seem (although expect to study 40-60 hours a week + the classes, at least here it is like that ...), but it is just a lot of theory that ain't that complicated to understand (save for the neurology stuff - at first I was really confused, but then I've learned to enjoy it and even love it).

Good luck man!

Thanks for the advice, I'll pass it on to my sister... but I don't know if she'll need it.

She just graduated High School, and is going to University of Washington. She's becoming a Optometrist, because she has glasses/contacts and she's gotten into that kinda stuff after meeting her new eye doctor two years ago...

So yeah, don't know if she's going to the same kinda classes and stuff as you.

Good luck with... life? I guess.

edit: Impressive review by the way, makes me feel like I have the actual app :p

couldn't choose a better time to be a first year med student.
too bad i didn't have this for my first ana practical last week O_o.
funny how my set of real netters flash cards and the itouch version arrive on the same weekend.

Thanks for the advice, I'll pass it on to my sister... but I don't know if she'll need it.

She just graduated High School, and is going to University of Washington. She's becoming a Optometrist, because she has glasses/contacts and she's gotten into that kinda stuff after meeting her new eye doctor two years ago...

So yeah, don't know if she's going to the same kinda classes and stuff as you.

Good luck with... life? I guess.

edit: Impressive review by the way, makes me feel like I have the actual app :p

Thanks, bro. She will probably have some classes similar to mine I guess. She should find the Netters brain anatomy or whatever it's called interesting. Good luck to you too and to your sister.

There are any way to get it for free? :D

Yea it actually looks sick if you are gonna use it but i never would so i'd never spend 40 bucks on it
yea same here

Amazing app! I'm applying for medicine this year (already have unconditional offer for Charles in Prague :D) and this seems perfect :)

I'm gonna get this app before I even consider Med School.
I gots to do college for 2 years first... THEN Uni for Meds :D
But if I buy it now, I can be sure to have it in the future =D
JOB HUNTING TIME!

nice review
the apps is amazing the only negative is that he costs too much

will buy when I get into Med School :)

Thanks, bro. She will probably have some classes similar to mine I guess. She should find the Netters brain anatomy or whatever it's called interesting. Good luck to you too and to your sister.

Thanks.

I guess anything having to do with being some sort of doctor starts out the same.

I'll tell her about netter's if she ever goes looking for some flashcards.

I really do want this app, I just don't have the money for it. It'd be great for anatomy/physiology classes, but I guess I'll never know lol

I went to Med School at UW! Go Huskies!

wow, never knew there were so many med students here on this site, make sure to reserve a spot 4 me, lol, i'll be joining u in 2 years after i finish my exam,

I know this is an old thread, but I was wondering if this would be helpful for a highschool anatomy class

I know this is an old thread, but I was wondering if this would be helpful for a highschool anatomy class

YES, I used it for my A&P, for EMT and Paramedic Schools, just the fact that you have the entire set of flash cards on you at all times is awesome. You can never get enough education, and education costs money, it is however money well spent. I love the fact that my flash cards are now in my pocket at all times, they are high quality and cost about the same as the paper cards, well worth the money. I have so much information that would have filled two backpacks right in my ipod, how cool is that?

Awesome!