Anatomical terminology and nomenclature form the bedrock of biomedical sciences, providing a standardised language that ensures clarity and uniformity in the identification, description, and ...

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Anatomists have bid farewell to “pudendum,” but other questionable terms remain. Credit...Simone Noronha Supported by By Rachel E. Gross Allison Draper loved anatomy class. As a first-year medical ...

There are calls for better representation in anatomical terms being taught to medical students, with ‘Adam’s apple’ on the chopping block. More practical and descriptive terms for body parts will be ...

We have plenty of words for body parts we can see, from nose to toes. But when doctors started studying the parts we'll never see (or hope we won't), they had to make up names for them. To a ...