Gray’s Anatomy for Students is a clinically oriented, student-friendly textbook of human anatomy. It allows students to learn anatomy within the context of many different curricular designs, and within ever-increasing time constraints. The artwork in this textbook presents the reader with a visual image that brings the text to life and presents views that will assist in the understanding and comprehension of the anatomy.

• Each regional anatomy chapter consists of four consecutive sections: conceptual overview, regional anatomy, surface anatomy, and clinical cases.
• The Second South Asia Edition of this textbook has two volumes: Volume One—The Body, Upper Limb, Lower Limb, Abdomen, Pelvis and Perineum; and Volume Two—Thorax, Back, Head and Neck, and Neuroanatomy.
• New content has been added on the basis of updates in the Fourth International Edition, including the addition of a new chapter on neuroanatomy.
• The innovative features of the First South Asia Edition such as Set Inductions, Outlines, and Flowcharts have been improved.
• Students are encouraged to use online resources available on MedEnact.
• A unique feature of this edition is that each chapter contains line diagrams, abbreviated as LDs, along with questions and answers. These line diagrams are sketches which are easy to draw during an examination and can help students to acquire anatomical concepts and do well in assessment. The questions and answers facilitate learning.
• Competencies have been added in all the chapters since the curriculum is becoming competency based.
• REGIONAL ORGANIZATION: The book has been split into two volumes with the following chapters in each volume: Volume One: The body, Upper limb, Lower limb, Abdomen, and Pelvis and perineum; and Volume Two: Thorax, Back, Head and neck, and Neuroanatomy • SET INDUCTION/OPENING CASES: Set inductions are mostly clinical scenarios to create interest to study anatomy • STUDENT-FOCUSED CHAPTER OUTLINE: The student-focused chapter outlines at the beginning of each subchapter are a modern multimodal facilitating approach toward various topics to empower students to explore content and direct their learning and include learning objectives and material for review • COMPETENCIES/LEARNING OUTCOMES: This is set as per the NMC curriculum • STANDARD FLOW: It provides clean, uncluttered, and predictable sequence of chapter content • FLOWCHARTS: Flowcharts have been added to get an overview of the course of a structure, recapitulate important details about structures, and as an aid to recall • LARGE ILLUSTRATIONS: The illustrations present the reader with a visual image that brings the text to life and present views that will assist in the understanding and comprehension of the anatomy • STUDENT-FOCUSED INSTRUCTIONAL ARTWORK: These line arts are added for easy representation in the examinations • EARLY CLINICAL EXPOSURE: This is designed as per the new curriculum • SURGICAL IMPLICATIONS: They provide anatomical background that would assist the students in the diagnosis and treatment of surgical disorders • CROSS-SECTIONAL ANATOMY: Cross-sections provide the perception of ‘depth’, creating three-dimensional relationships between anatomical structures • CLINICAL TEST: The relevant clinical test(s) to the respective region has been added for understanding • INSIGHT/RECENT UPDATES: Insight boxes are recent updates in the respective areas to create interest for the students • MCQ AS PER NExT examination: Students can assess their knowledge of basic concepts by answering these questions • CRITICAL THINKING: Critical thinking is applied through higher Bloom’s level questions added to the book • CONCEPT MAPPING: Every chapter contains a list of terms from which students are asked to construct (Create) a concept map • CLINICAL CASES: The inclusion of these cases in each chapter provides students with the opportunity to apply an understanding of anatomy to the resolution of clinical problems