Grant's Dissector leaves much to be desired. The dissection instructions are not all that clear nor are the drawings that great. It seems to skip around a lot with the dissection. It also mentions a lot of structures to look for which aren't in the drawings. I would recommend the authors reconsider their layout. I would also consider looking at other dissectors if you are looking to buy one.

Study an atlas before you go into lab. You can figure out how to dissect almost everything without a dissector. If you get stuck, ask a professor, but reference this book only as a last resort. There are MUCH better ways of accessing certain structures than the instructions in this book. There is absolutely no reason to have your own personal copy. The one plus about this edition is that references to other atlases besides Grant's (terrible) are given.

I am a medical student at Texas A&M USHSC COM. This is the standard for anatomy lab. No other dissector will do. I say this simply because almost all medical schools will be following (almost page by page) the general course laid out within this text. I would not suggest buying the combo pack. In stead, this book is best used in conjunction with Rohen's (Color Atlas of Anatomy: A Photographic Study of the Human Body), Netter's (Atlas of Human Anatomy), and Moore (Clinically Oriented Anatomy). *Using the dissector to do a virtual dissection at home with your Rohen every night before lab will greatly increase your yield and decrease your lab time. This is a very important point (as anyone who has been through this part of medical school can tell you). --> You will need a CLEAN copy for home use. You should consider this even if you have to buy a spare <-- There are some errors in the dissector, but they are of no consequence as long as you use it in conjunction with the other texts mentioned above.