%0 Journal Article %J (Preprint) Originally published in K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, eds. World of Anatomy and Physiology. Thomson Gale %D 2001 %T Anatomical Nomenclature %A K.Lee Lerner %X

Over the centuries, anatomists developed a method of naming anatomical structures, and this has evolved into a standardized anatomical nomenclature that clarifies what part of the body is being discussed and where that part is located. A standardized language for describing body structures is also essential. (download to read more)

%B (Preprint) Originally published in K. Lee Lerner and Brenda Wilmoth Lerner, eds. World of Anatomy and Physiology. Thomson Gale %G eng