Buku ini memberikan penjelasan mengenai familiarisasi, kurikukulum tertutup, ideologi pendidikan, perspektif sosiologi dan studinya tentang pendidikan, kesempatan hidup berpendidikan, dan siapa saja yang mendapatkannya, dan seterusnya.
the first edition of human structure was published by the W.B. Saunders Company in 1972. prior to that time (and since), courses in gross anatomy had been reduced greatly in both hours and content, and the first edition was designed to satisfy the need for a text-book that, although brief, still provided sufficient detail.