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  2. Anatomical terminology - Wikipedia

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    Anatomical terminology is a specialized system of terms used by anatomists, zoologists, and health professionals, such as doctors, surgeons, and pharmacists, to describe the structures and functions of the body.

  3. Human anatomy - Wikipedia

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    Human anatomy (gr. ἀνατομία, "dissection", from ἀνά, "up", and τέμνειν, "cut") is primarily the scientific study of the morphology of the human body. [1] Anatomy is subdivided into gross anatomy and microscopic anatomy. [1] Gross anatomy (also called topographical anatomy, regional anatomy, or anthropotomy) is the study of ...

  4. Terminologia Anatomica - Wikipedia

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    Anatomy lesson by Dr. Nicolaes Tulp Terminologia Anatomica (commonly abbreviated TA) is the international standard for human anatomical terminology. It is developed by the Federative International Programme on Anatomical Terminology , a program of the International Federation of Associations of Anatomists (IFAA).

  5. List of human anatomical regions - Wikipedia

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    Older set of terminology shown in Parts of the Human Body: Posterior and Anterior View from the 1933 edition of Sir Henry Morris' Human Anatomy. Many of these terms are medical latin terms that have fallen into disuse. Front: Frons - forehead; Facies - face; Pectus - breast; Latus - flank; Coxa - hip; Genu - knee; Pes - foot; Back: Vertex ...

  6. List of medical roots, suffixes and prefixes - Wikipedia

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    Forms terms denoting conditions relating to eating or ingestion Greek φαγία (phagía) eating < φᾰγεῖν (phageîn), to eat Sarcophagia-phago-eating, devouring Greek -φᾰ́γος (-phágos), eater of, eating phagocyte: phagist-Forms nouns that denote a person who 'feeds on' the first element or part of the word

  7. Human body - Wikipedia

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    Human anatomy is the study of the shape and form of the human body. The human body has four limbs (two arms and two legs), a head and a neck , which connect to the torso . The body's shape is determined by a strong skeleton made of bone and cartilage , surrounded by fat ( adipose tissue ), muscle, connective tissue , organs, and other structures.

  8. List of human anatomical features - Wikipedia

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    On the trunk of the body, the chest is referred to as the thoracic area. The shoulder in general is the acromial, while the curve of the shoulder is the deltoid.

  9. Anatomical terms of bone - Wikipedia

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    Many anatomical terms descriptive of bone are defined in anatomical terminology, and are often derived from Greek and Latin. Bone in the human body is categorized into long bone , short bone , flat bone , irregular bone and sesamoid bone .