Anatomical terms and their derivation [[electronic resource] /] / F. Peter Lisowski, Charles E. Oxnard

• Autore: Lisowski F. Peter
• Pubblicazione: Singapore ; ; Hackensack, NJ, : World Scientific, c2007
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (137 p.)
• Disciplina: 611.001/4
• Soggetto topico: Human anatomy
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: OxnardCharles E. <1933->
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di contenuto: CONTENTS; Abbreviations; Commonly Used Prefixes; Commonly Used Suffixes; Terms Common to All Anatomical Regions; Terms Important in the Upper Limb; Terms Important in the Lower Limb; Terms Important in the Thorax; Terms Important in the Abdomen and Pelvis; Terms Important in the Head and Neck; Terms Specific to the Nervous System; Alphabetical List of Terms
• Sommario/riassunto: Anatomical terms are the vocabulary of medicine. Anatomy began as a descriptive science in the days when Latin was the universal scientific language. Early anatomists described the structures they saw in that language, comparing them to common and familiar objects, or borrowing terms from the Greek and Arabic masters before them. In anatomic terminology, common Latin or Greek words are used as such for any part of the body for which the ancients had a name. For many other structures, scientific names have been invented either by using certain classical words which appear to be descriptive of t
• Titolo autorizzato: Anatomical terms and their derivation
• ISBN: 1-281-12125-8; 9786611121259; 981-270-686-0
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910450666903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II