Decoding Anatomical Terminology: A Guide to the Body’s Secret Language

By Cecilia Brassett, Emily Evans, Isla Fay, Dr. Alice Roberts

A strikingly illustrated key to decoding anatomical terminology, with 150 terms for body parts that derive from animals, plants, objects, and more. An initiation into the mysterious subject of anatomical terminology, this book reveals the body’s secret language by explaining the close relationship between human organs and structures and the evocative names given to them by anatomists.

Beautifully crafted images illustrate 150 terms derived from the animal, food, place, plant, symbol, or other object that the body structure or function clearly resembles. Complete with a guide to prefixes and suffixes, this book decodes patterns in the naming of parts throughout the human body and makes anatomical terms more memorable for medical students and practitioners.

For professionals and enthusiasts alike, anyone interested in the history of anatomy, the structure and function of the human body, medical etymology, and the history of language will be fascinating by this engrossing, accessible, and informative book.

Product Details

Publisher: North Atlantic Books; Revised, Reprint edition (July 31, 2018)

Language: English

Hardcover: 176 pages

ISBN-10: 1623172454

ISBN-13: 978-1623172459