“If you are a student who dreams of becoming a doctor, I recommend that you start studying anatomy with this book!”
_Highly recommended by Professor Namgung In, Department of Emergency Medicine!
From students aspiring to medical school to adults curious about the structure of the human body.
Amazing illustrations and one-point explanations that open up the wonderful world of anatomy.
A new book in the "Science with Pictures" series that catches the eye and is refreshingly easy to understand.

The new book in the "Science with Pictures" series, which has captivated everyone from middle school students to adults seeking to develop their scientific knowledge, has been released: "Study Medicine While You're at It."
『Study Medicine While You're at It』 is a book that explains anatomy, the foundation of medicine, through illustrations.
This book provides an easy and friendly guide to studying anatomy for anyone, from children curious about the human body, students dreaming of pursuing a career in medicine, and adults interested in the structure of the human body for reasons such as drawing, exercise, or health.
By compressing numerous texts into a single image and providing simple and concise explanations of the essentials, you can quickly and easily memorize the human anatomy concepts you've always wanted to know without losing focus.
Organizing concepts into pictures not only allows you to understand them quickly and accurately, but also makes them less likely to be forgotten.


'Science with Pictures' is a series that emerged from a shift in approach to studying science through pictures rather than text.
More than half of the population is said to be a visual learner who learns through pictures rather than text, and science in particular is a subject that is effective when taught visually.
Anyone who has ever despaired of studying science by reading, listening, and solving problems, or who has despaired of becoming a science major, will discover a new world through this series.
It is also famous as a book that has helped people with adult ADHD and concentration problems.
High-quality infographics using vivid colors, layouts that guide the flow of the eye according to importance, and short, friendly, one-point explanations are designed to help users find the information they need without giving them time to lose focus.
If you're someone who can't stand not getting the information you want within 10 seconds of your attention, there's no better science book than this one.


Ken Ashwell, a world-renowned anatomy professor who has taught anatomy at universities for over 40 years, written anatomy textbooks, and published over 100 papers, has carefully selected and organized essential anatomy concepts from bones and joints to muscles, brain and nerves, cells, immune system, and endocrine system.
This book covers the core topics covered in high school life science, and if you want to delve deeper into life science, following "Study Biology While You're at It," this book will be a great guide.
Namgung In, author of “Body, the Universe Within Me” and professor of emergency medicine at Ewha Womans University Mokdong Hospital, said that this is the book he would give to his younger self who wanted to glimpse another world, and highly recommended it, saying, “Picture books have the charm of not being read once but being looked at again and again,” and that the details in picture books remain in the memory for a long time.
My interest in science begins with my body, and as I gain a structural understanding of my body, my perspective on the world changes.
Since we were born into a world that revolves around science, let's live as people who know science.

Anatomy is the study of the internal structures of the human body.
Our bodies are made up of over 50 trillion tiny cells, and our organs perform the functions necessary for us to survive.
Explore the mysterious world of the human body through these stunning illustrations.
--- From the text

Anatomy is a visual science.
Therefore, this book also emphasizes the core elements of the human body structure with vivid colors and concise expressions.
This book is especially useful if you want to deepen your knowledge using easy-to-understand pictures and tables.
Don't just look at the shape of each body part, but also look at how it relates to other structures.
If you can grasp all the relationships on a two-dimensional plane, try thinking in higher dimensions through layered pictures.
At first, try to draw by looking at the picture, and later practice until you can draw it again just from memory.
A good scientist, like Vesalius, must observe with his own eyes.
Connect the illustrations in this book with your body.
Because there are many bones, muscles, blood vessels, and nerves just beneath the skin.
You can confirm the location by touching or observing.
Your body is your teacher, and this book is your guide.
Welcome to 『Study Medicine While You're at It』!
--- p.9

Bone is similar to reinforced concrete or fiberglass in that it is a synthetic material.
This means that organic fiber components (mainly type 1 collagen) and cellular components (bone cells) are sandwiched between calcium phosphate mineral crystals called hydroxyapatite.
The mineral components provide strength, and the organic fiber components provide elasticity to prevent breakage.
The ribs, once demineralized, are flexible enough to be tied together.
--- p.12

The prince of the endocrine system is the pituitary gland.
The pituitary gland is connected to the hypothalamus at the base of the brain by the pituitary stalk.
The brain can influence pituitary function either by secreting hormones from the hypothalamus (to the anterior pituitary) or through neural pathways (to the posterior pituitary).
Other endocrine glands are stressed
There is an adrenal cortex that regulates reactions and salt and water balance.
The adrenal gland regulates the secretion of epinephrine and norepinephrine in emergency situations.
--- p.29

The sternoclavicular joint is the axis around which the clavicle rotates when the shoulder moves.
The shoulder blade is a blade-shaped bone attached to the torso skeleton only by muscles and the clavicle.
On the upper side of the scapula is an oval-shaped articular surface (glenoid fossa) that articulates with the head of the humerus.
The joint between the humerus and ulna is a hinge joint.
--- p.54

Blood from the digestive system flows to the liver through the portal vein.
Almost all nutrients and all toxic substances from the entire digestive tract, including the liver and spleen, must pass through the liver and undergo a process of monitoring and processing.
The exception is large fat molecules that leave the digestive system via the lymph.
--- p.116

The thymus is a bilobed organ located in the upper chest.
It plays a role in maturing T lymphocytes that come from the bone marrow to the thymus.
The thymus gland has a connective tissue sac that extends internally and divides the tissue into two lobes.
Each leaf has an outer layer and a inner layer.
The cortex is composed of many T lymphocytes, dendritic cells, epithelial cells, and macrophages.
Dendritic cells help T cells mature, and epithelial cells provide a framework that can support up to 50 lymphocytes.
Most T cells die in the cortex.
So macrophages take care of the debris.
The surviving T cells enter the medulla.
--- p.134

Men have an X chromosome and a Y chromosome, but women have two X chromosomes.
Male development is initiated by the SRY (sex determining region) gene on the Y chromosome.
The male gonads (testicles) usually descend into the scrotum towards the end of pregnancy.
However, the female gonads (ovaries) only descend to the lateral pelvic wall.
During the first eight weeks of development in the womb, the external genital organs of males and females are similar.
From the 10th week onwards, the genital tubercle develops into the penis in males and the clitoris in females.
--- p.167

Humans are unique among primates in that they undergo a growth spurt during adolescence, when they reach sexual maturity.
During this growth spurt, height increases rapidly as the long bones of the limbs grow.
The hormones that stimulate growth are growth hormone, thyroid hormone, and sex hormone.
Other primates grow more slowly.
The unusual human growth spurt may be related to upright walking and the need to rapidly elongate limb bones.

--- p.186