Anatomy is defined as the study of the structure of an organism and the relationship between its constituent parts. The word anatomy is derived from the Greek anatomé, cut, dissection; from anatémnein, to dissect.
The image of dissection created by a Rembrandt in his famous picture “Anatomy lesson of Dr. Tulp”, reflects the importance of the study of anatomy for the medical students of the 17th. century. And still today, students continue to learn by the dissection of cadavers, as it is precisely here that death teaches about life. After three centuries, the importance of the knowledge of anatomy in the biomedical sciences continues to be relevant and necessary.
We hope that this book, presented in two volumes, will provide the benefit of a simple and dynamic access to the study of the most important aspects of human anatomy, with the spirit of the scholars of the 17th. century but with the clarity and technological resources of the 21st. century.
The image of dissection created by a Rembrandt in his famous picture “Anatomy lesson of Dr. Tulp”, reflects the importance of the study of anatomy for the medical students of the 17th. century. And still today, students continue to learn by the dissection of cadavers, as it is precisely here that death teaches about life. After three centuries, the importance of the knowledge of anatomy in the biomedical sciences continues to be relevant and necessary.
We hope that this book, presented in two volumes, will provide the benefit of a simple and dynamic access to the study of the most important aspects of human anatomy, with the spirit of the scholars of the 17th. century but with the clarity and technological resources of the 21st. century.
