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Many noted body parts are of dubious provenance [1] and most were separated from their bodies post-mortem. [2] In some faiths, veneration of the dead may include the preservation of body parts as relics. Body parts supposed to belong to major religious figures are kept in temples, including the tooth of the Buddha, Muhammad's beard, and Jesus's ...
De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem (Latin, "On the Fabric of the Human Body in Seven Books") is a set of books on human anatomy written by Andreas Vesalius (1514–1564) and published in 1543. It was a major advance in the history of anatomy over the long-dominant work of Galen , and presented itself as such.
This article contains a list of organs in the human body. It is widely believed that there are 79 organs (this number goes up if you count each bone and muscle as an organ on their own, which is becoming a more common practice [1] [2]); however, there is no universal standard definition of what constitutes an organ, and some tissue groups' status as one is debated. [3]
Human anatomy, physiology, and biochemistry are basic medical sciences, which are generally taught to medical students in their first year at medical school. Human anatomy can be taught regionally or systemically; [ 1 ] that is, respectively, studying anatomy by bodily regions such as the head and chest, or studying by specific systems, such as ...
Cajal cell – Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852–1934), Spanish pathologist Cajal–Retzius cell – Santiago Ramón y Cajal and Gustaf Retzius (1842–1919), Swedish histologist Calyx of Held – Hans Held (1866–1942), German Anatomist
The complete 21st U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1924. at the Internet Archive N.B.: This is the most recent American version that is in the public domain. Online version of Gray's Anatomy – The complete 20th U.S. edition of Gray's Anatomy of the Human Body, published in 1918.
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... Human body parts (17 C) Body percussion (1 C, 8 P) Physical ergonomics (16 P)
Download QR code; Print/export ... List of movements of the human body; ... List of human anatomical parts named after people; List of nerves of the human body; O.