A newborn with an unusual form of truncus arteriosus is described, whose clinical presentation and certain features of her anatomy were more typical of pulmonary atresia with a ventricular septal defect. The morphological differentiation of certain types of truncus arteriosus and pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect remains an area of speculation among cardiac pathologists, and rese...

Aims Different techniques are used for the study of the external anatomy of marine organisms (in vivo observation under binocular stereo microscope, optical microscopy, SEM). In the case of SEM, samples must undergo a previous treatment before being scanned. The study of the internal anatomy of these animals is carried out through techniques of dissection or classical histology, which are compl...

Alternatives and/or supplements to animal dissection are being explored by educators of human anatomy at different academic levels. Clay modeling is one such alternative that provides a kinesthetic, three-dimensional, constructive, and sensory approach to learning human anatomy. The present study compared two laboratory techniques, clay modeling of human anatomy and dissection of preserved cat ...

TRANSLATORS' NOTE Vesalius' training in anatomy was firmly rooted in the Galenic school of medicine, and it was Galen who, like one ofthe present translators, had a particular interest in the larynx and its surrounding anatomy. 1 Although he was not completely free of Galen's reliance on animal models,2 Vesalius' account of the structure of the larynx is substantially accurate, and can be verif...

The amazing development of magnetic resonance (MR) imaging has made it possible to show the living brain from almost any anatomical perspective. The images have sent many neuroradiologists to Gray's Anatomy or the pathology laboratory to learn specific brain details, including names of the anatomy seen. Over the past 5 years, as we have begun to work with MR, it has been interesting to learn an...