Synopsis of human anatomy : being a complete compend of anatomy, including the anatomy of the viscera, and numerous tables.

  • Young, James K. (James Kelly), 1862-1923.
Date:
1905
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    INTRODUCTORY. THE term anatomy, derived from the Greek am, through, and re/xi/ew, to cut, signifies dissection, but has been appropriated to the science which treats of the apparent properties of organized bodies. It is the science of organization. Anatomy is divided into vegetable, which treats of the structures and properties of vegetal bodies; comparative, which treats of the anatomy of animals; human, which treats of the anatomy of man in a physiological or healthy state; pathological, which treats of the anatomy of the diseased human body, etc. Human anatomy is subdivided into general, descriptive, and surgical. General anatomy treats of the minute structure or physical elements of the organs of the body. It is also called micro- scopical anatomy, or histology. It comprises seven distinct classes:— Corpuscular, including the blood, spleen, etc. Epithelial, including mucous mejnbranes, epidermis, glands, etc. Cartilaginous, including cartilage, fibre-cartilage, etc. Osseous, including all bony structures. Muscular, including flesh and muscle generally. Nervous, including the proper nerve elements. Connective, including white fibrous, elastic, adipose, and neuroglia. Descriptive or special anatomy treats of the various proper- ties of the organs arranged into systems; hence the name systematic. It includes:— Osteology, the anatomy of the bones. Syndesmology, the anatomy of the joints. Myology, the anatomy of the muscles. Angiology, the anatomy of the vessels. Neurology, the anatomy of the nerves. Splanchnolog3r, the anatomy of the viscera. Dermatology, the anatomy of the skin. Genesiology, the anatomy of the generative organs. Adenology* the anatomy of the glands, etc., etc. Surgical or topographical anatomy treats of the relative position of organs to one another and to the surrounding parts in special regions of the body, as the axilla, neck, or groin.