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A list of Citizendium articles, and planned articles, about Anatomy.
See also changes related to Anatomy, or pages that link to Anatomy or to this page or whose text contains "Anatomy".

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  • Ankle joint [r]: Hinge joint formed by the articulating of the tibia and the fibula with the talus below. [e]
  • Femur [r]: The human thigh bone, and the largest and strongest bone in the human body. [e]
  • Human anatomy [r]: The study of shapes and structures of and within the human body. [e]
  • Human spine [r]: The part of the human body which is composed of the nerves of the spinal cord and its protective covering; the vertebral column or backbone. [e]
  • Mediastinum [r]: Non-delineated group of structures in the thorax, between the pleural sacs, surrounded by loose connective tissue. [e]
  • Neuroanatomy [r]: The branch of anatomy that studies the anatomical organization of the nervous system. [e]
  • Optic chiasm [r]: Part of the brain where the optic nerves (CN II) partially cross, near the thalamus and immediately below the hypothalamus. [e]

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  • Animalier [r]: An artist whose specialty is depicting animals. [e]
  • Anthropology [r]: The holistic study of humankind; from the Greek words anthropos ("human") and logia ("study"). [e]
  • Galen [r]: (ca. 131 - ca. 201) Pergamum-born influential physician of antiquity, who produced a philosophically sophisticated synthesis of earlier medical theories of the body that was dominant until the seventeenth century. [e]
  • Mesencephalon [r]: Portion of the brain located superior to the pons and medulla and containing the motor nuclei of the ocular motor and trochlear nerves, and the major pathways and decussations of fibers from the cerebrum and cerebellum. [e]
  • Morphology (biology) [r]: The study of biological structure. [e]
  • Morphometry [r]: The quantitative study of shapes. [e]
  • Multicellular organism [r]: Organism consisting of more than one cell, and having differentiated cells that perform specialized functions in the organism. [e]
  • Stereology [r]: The science of estimating or measuring geometrical quantities. First order quantities include volume, surface area, length, and numbers of objects. Second order quantities include size distribution, and anisotropy. [e]
  • William Harvey [r]: (1579–1657) English physician who discovered the true nature of blood circulation and the function of the heart as a pump. [e]
  • Zoology [r]: The scientific study of animals. [e]