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v. t. e. Anatomy (from Ancient Greek ἀνατομή (anatomḗ) ' dissection ') is the branch of morphology concerned with the study of the internal structure of organisms and their parts. [1] Anatomy is a branch of natural science that deals with the structural organization of living things. It is an old science, having its beginnings in ...
Andries van Wezel (31 December 1514 – 15 October 1564), latinised as Andreas Vesalius (/ v ɪ ˈ s eɪ l i ə s /), was an anatomist and physician who wrote De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem (On the fabric of the human body in seven books), what is considered to be one of the most influential books on human anatomy and a major advance over the long-dominant work of Galen.
Relief theory dates back to the Greek Philosopher Aristotle. In Poetics, he suggested humor to be a way in which one releases pent-up negative emotions that may have been caused by trauma or tragedy we have experienced. Many philosophers and researchers took the idea of humor being a release of tension and have evolved relief theory or comic ...
Pictured here is a cross-section showing the gross anatomy of the human brain. Neuroanatomy is the study of the structure and organization of the nervous system. In contrast to animals with radial symmetry, whose nervous system consists of a distributed network of cells, animals with bilateral symmetry have segregated, defined nervous systems.
Aelius Galenus or Claudius Galenus [2] ( Greek: Κλαύδιος Γαληνός; September 129 – 216 AD), often anglicized as Galen ( / ˈɡeɪlən /) or Galen of Pergamon, [3] was a Roman and Greek physician, surgeon, and philosopher. [4] [5] [6] Considered to be one of the most accomplished of all medical researchers of antiquity, Galen ...
After 1100 BC, Greeks began to bury their dead in individual graves rather than group tombs. Athens, however, was a major exception; the Athenians normally cremated their dead and placed their ashes in an urn. [4] During the early Archaic period, Greek cemeteries became larger, but grave goods decreased.
Band cup, with the main painting in a band low on the body. All these "cups" are covered by kylix. Droop cup. Eye-cup, painted with eyes. Kassel cup. Komast cup, Athenian black-figure, with short stem, angled "offset" lip. [2] Lakonian cup. Lip cup, with the main painting just below the lip; the stem and footr are lost in this example.
A meniscus ( pl.: menisci or meniscuses) is a crescent-shaped fibrocartilaginous anatomical structure that, in contrast to an articular disc, only partly divides a joint cavity. [1] In humans, they are present in the knee, wrist, acromioclavicular, sternoclavicular, and temporomandibular joints; [2] in other animals they may be present in other ...
The Frogs ( Greek: Βάτραχοι, translit. Bátrakhoi; Latin: Ranae, often abbreviated Ran. or Ra.) is a comedy written by the Ancient Greek playwright Aristophanes. It was performed at the Lenaia, one of the Festivals of Dionysus in Athens, in 405 BC and received first place.
In anatomy, fibrous joints are joints connected by fibrous tissue, consisting mainly of collagen. These are fixed joints where bones are united by a layer of white fibrous tissue of varying thickness. In the skull, the joints between the bones are called sutures. Such immovable joints are also referred to as synarthroses .