1st Year MBBS Books
1. Essentials of Medical Physiology By Sembulingam, 9th Edition 2023.
The book has been updated with recent findings in physiology and more clinical oriented facts in accordance with modern curriculum of medical education. More tables and boxes have been added for more clarity and detail. Thoroughly revised with recent findings in the field of Physiology. Fully updated with pathophysiological facts in accordance with the modern curriculum of medical education. Enriched with many new boxes containing important facts, particularly in Applied Physiology. Includes more tables and flowcharts formatted in new attractive style. Well-illustrated chapters with beautiful descriptive color diagrams. Chapter outline given at the beginning of each chapter prepares the mind of the reader what to expect from that chapter and how to approach the chapter for better understanding. A real state-of-the-art book with approximately 600 color diagrams. A textbook useful not only for the medical students but also for the dental, paramedical and allied health sciences students.
Key Features:
- Thoroughly revised with recent findings in the field of Physiology.
- Fully updated with pathophysiological facts in accordance with the modern curriculum of medical education.
- Enriched with many new boxes containing important facts, particularly in Applied Physiology.
- Includes more tables and flowcharts formatted in new attractive style.
- Well-illustrated chapters with beautiful descriptive color diagrams.
- Chapter outline given at the beginning of each chapter prepares the mind of the reader what to expect from that chapter and how to approach the chapter for better understanding.
- A real state-of-the-art book with approximately 600 color diagrams.
- Complementary online access to:
- Video lectures for better understanding of the concepts
- Animated diagrams
- All important topics covered as per NMC curriculum
- Applied and clinical aspects are explained
2. BD Chaurasia’s Human Anatomy, 9th Edition 2023 Set of (Volume 1, 2, 3 & 4).
Text follows the CBME Guidelines and all topics are described as per the Competency Based Undergraduate Curriculum for the Indian Medical Graduate prescribed by the National Medical Commission. Colour codes used consistently in the drawings of various cells, tissues and organs are given at the beginning of each section. Impressive line diagrams, originally hand-drawn by Dr BD Chaurasia, adapted from the first edition of BDC Human Anatomy, have been incorporated in this edition to make drawing of illustrations easier for the students. Videos of osteology and soft parts, accessible from CBSiCentral App through scratch code, have been numbered and cited in the respective chapters in all the four volumes. The App also includes answers to FAQs. Latest updates on various topics have been provided from standard international publications. Clinical orientation has been enthused by structuring many FAQs and MCQs in ‘clinical mode’. Early Clinical Exposure (ECE) has been provided in the form of signs, symptoms, investigations and treatment of a particular case. Important features like viva voce questions, molecular regulation, clinicoanatomical problems, ossification, dissection (steps) are continued from the previous editions.
3. Textbook of Biochemistry for Medical Students By DM Vasudevan, 10th Edition 2023.
This book contains 6 sections. The first section covers the chemical basis of life, where molecules found in the human body are introduced to the students. The second section deals with the general metabolism. The third section is clinical and applied biochemistry, where the emphasis is given to clinical applications and the relevance of the study of biochemistry for understanding medical problems. The fourth section is nutrition, and the fifth section describes molecular biology including molecular diagnosis. The final section contains laboratory medicine, HIV, COVID, cancer and other advanced topics. Chapters on Clinical and Applied Biochemistry updated along with clinically relevant points. Advances in Molecular Biology added. Learning Objectives given in the beginning of each chapter. Competencies are covered in the chapters. Case Studies given in boxes for Early Clinical Exposure. Enriched with 1200+ figures, 200+ tables and 200+ boxes, altogether making it more student friendly.
Key Features:
- Addition of chapters on COVID-19, Molecular Diagnostics, Laboratory Medicine, and Immunology.
- Chapters on Clinical and Applied Biochemistry updated along with clinically relevant points.
- Advances in Molecular Biology added.
- Learning Objectives given in the beginning of each chapter.
- Competencies are covered in the chapters.
- Case Studies given in boxes for Early Clinical Exposure.
- Clinically relevant points are highlighted inClinical Application BoxesM in every chapter.
- Each chapter ends with:
- Key Concepts
- Summary
- Clinical Case Studies
- Essay Questions, Short Answer Questions, MCQs and Viva Voce Questions and Answers.
- Enriched with 1200+ figures, 200+ tables and 200+ boxes, altogether making it more student friendly.
- Complementary Online Student Resource includes Key Concepts, Clinical Case Studies, Review Questions, Viva Voce Questions, Questions with Clinical Applications, MCQs, Self-study Exercises and Important Metabolic Cycles.
4. Inderbir Singh’s Textbook of Human Histology by Pushpalatha K, 10th Ed (Revised).
Tenth edition of this book has been improvised as per student’s current requirements. The chapters have been revised with simplified representation. The contents are updated incorporating the recent advances that the students must be aware off. The content has been stratified to must know, good to know and nice to know categories. This intends to progressively take students from basic understanding to in-depth knowledge as per their needs. The content is modified and revised according to the new competency-based curriculum. Optic nerve and umbilical cord are added as per NMC requirements.
Key Features:
- Competencies provided in the beginning of each chapter.
- Case Scenarios to correlate histology with histopathology are added in each chapter.
- Addition of hand-drawn H&E diagrams of histology slides with photomicrographic counterparts for practical record writing and examination.
- Identification points are added in the Color Plates.
- Applied Histology is added for clinical integration.
- Extra information has been differentiated as Added Information that can be referred, if necessary.
- Optic nerve and umbilical cord are added as per NMC requirements.
- Review questions and updated Multiple Choice Questions are added for self-assessment.
- Pointwise representation will make the reading easier and understandable.
- Loaded with tables, flowcharts and schematic diagrams for easy understanding.
5. Inderbir Singh’s Human Embryology by V Subhadra Devi, 13th Ed (Revised).
The thirteenth edition has been revised as per the National Medical Commission (NMC) prescribed competencies in embryology. This new edition includes reorganization of content between the textbook and the online additional resource, chapter-wise MCQs for self-assessment, Flowcharts of week-wise embryonic development for quick review and replacing majority of figures with easy to draw and student friendly diagrams, taking meticulous care in covering the complete subject.
Key Features:
- Clinical Case Scenarios related to embryology for early clinical exposure.
- Clinical Correlation and Clinical Importance provided in Boxes for clinical integration.
- Week-wise development of Embryo presented in the form of flowcharts at the end of chapters for quick review.
- Figures of previous edition have been replaced with easy to reproduce new Line Diagrams diligently originated by Prof Singh.
- Updated clinical images for real-time understanding.
- Page count has been reduced to make it more compact and comprehensive.
- Competencies are covered in the chapters.
- Chapters start with Highlights for a quick look.
- Quick recap and review questions at the end of each chapter.
- Multiple choice questions (MCQs) for self-assessment at the end of each chapter.
- Organized flowcharts and tables for easy review and quick references.
- Online content for additional and advanced information.