not quite sure what it is about ortho that brings about the insecurities of others (see lame attempts at jokes above).
MANDATORY READING:
Netter's Concise Atlas of Orthopaedic Anatomy
-No one cares if you know what the steps are in an arthoscopic repair of a torn cuff, what they do care about is that when they say "What's this?" you know what the answer is. I repeat, YOU MUST KNOW YOUR ANATOMY. Everything else is secondary.
SECONDARY READING:
I really liked
Essentials of Orthopaedic Surgery by Wiesel. It pretty much covers everything, but very superficially. Don't waste your time with Miller or any of the books made for residents; you do not need to be at that level.
Oh, and in case you ever get pimped about it, the eighteen muscles that attach to the scapula are:
Cuff (supraspinatus, infraspinatus, teres minor, subscapularis), teres major, rhomboid major, rhomboid minor, latissimus dorsi, levator scapulae, trapezius, biceps brachii long, biceps brachii short, corocobrachialis, deltoid, pec minor, triceps (long), serratus anterior, and the one everyone misses....the omohyoid.