ATLAS AND TEXT-BO >k 





HUMAN ANATOMY. 



INTRI )l)l CTION. 



Human anatomy treats of the struct the human both, in 



which treats of function, and it is usual] 

 General anatomy is practically synonyn 

 component parts of the body. 



Special anatomy is usually termed 

 the simple description of the different | the body. 1 



>ed of a number of subdivisions: Osteology, 1 

 oi the joints and ligaments; Myolog , treat 

 viscera; Angiology, treating of the \ 

 the description of the organs 



Descriptive anatomy, considered from the 

 individual parts, is termed ti 

 do with the development of the body is ' 



To indicate the relation.-, of the dif 

 general, certain technical i 

 it is always to be assumed that the b 

 body into two almost similar halv< 

 symmetrical. Any plane of the bod\ 

 (from tlie sagittal suture. 

 termed horizontal or trans', while '- 



known as frontal plane s, since the; 

 to the median plane, it ignated 



be externa! or lateral. The diret 

 opposite direction as ou 



The words internal and i 



* Although the bilateral symmetr 



