CONTENTS 



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INTRODUCTION, x 



WHAT THE BN A is, 2 



WHY THIS REVIEW OF ANATOMICAL TERMINOLOGY WAS UNDERTAKEN, 2 



THE SCOPE OF THE WORK AND THE WORKERS, 4 



THE WAY THE WORK WAS DONE, 5 



THE PRINCIPLES ARRIVED AT AS THE WORK PROCEEDED, 6 



THE ADOPTION OF THE BNA IN AMERICA AND GREAT BRITAIN, 8 



THE FUTURE OF ANATOMICAL TERMINOLOGY, 1 1 



ANATOMICAL NAMES, 14 



Terms Indicating the Position and Direction of Parts of the Body, 14 



General Terms, 14 



Terms Relating to the Extremities, 14 



GENERAL ANATOMICAL TERMS, 15 



PARTS OF THE HUMAN BODY, 17 



Head, 17 



Skull, 17 



Face, 17 



Eye, 17 



Nose, 17 



Mouth, 17 



Neck, 17 



Trunk, 17 



Thorax, 17 



Back, 17 



Belly, 18 



Pelvis, 1 8 



Upper Extremities, 18 



Lower Extremities, 18 



OSTEOLOGY, 19 



Vertebral Column, or Spine, 19 



Atlas, 19 



Epistropheus (O. T. Axis), 20 



Sacrum, 20 



Coccyx, 20 



Thorax, . 20 



Ribs, 20 



Breast Bone, 20 



Thoracic Cavity, 20 



Bones of the Skull,.'. .'. 20 



Basilar Bone, 20 



Occipital Bone, 20 



Sphenoid Bone, 21 



Temporal Bone, 22 



Parietal Bone, 23 



Frontal Bone, 23 



Ethmoid Bone, 23 



Inferior Turbinated Bone, 24 



Lacrimal Bone, 24 



Nasal Bone, , - - - 24 



Vomer, or Ploughshare, Bone, 24 



Bones of the Face, 24 



Maxilla (O. T. Superior Maxillary Bone), 24 



Palate Bone, 24 



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