Anatomy of the Temporal Bone with Surgical Implications, Second Edition

Book excerpt: An outstanding textbook on the anatomy of the temporal bone with surgical information, lavishly illustrated,with a set of unique stereoscopic, three-dimensional color reels that assist the reader in accurately visualizing the complex structures of the inner ear. The human temporal bone collection at the Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, comprising 1518 specimens from 862 individuals, served as the primary resource for the material contained in this book, which includes some 350 selected photomicrographs as well as sets of horizontally and vertically serially sectioned specimens depicting normal and variant anatomy of the human temporal bone. The embryology chapter includes 40 photomicrographs of fetal and newborn temporal bones and is designed to review development in an easily assimilated manner. New to the second edition are color photographs of the macroscopic human temporal bone and an expansion of the descriptive text accompanying the temporal bone dissection series.