General anatomy

General anatomy is best described as the study of general anatomic concepts and structures removed from the specific regional anatomy focus.

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Anatomy: General

• anatomic position
• anatomic nomenclature
  • Terminologia Anatomica
    • superseded nomenclature
      • Nomina Anatomica
      • Basle Nomina Anatomica
• anatomic variants
  • accessory muscles
• regional anatomy
  • neuroanatomy
    • brain
    • spine
  • head and neck
  • thorax
  • abdomen and pelvis
  • upper limb
  • lower limb
• systems anatomy
  • endocrine system
  • lymphatic system
    • thoracic duct
    • right lymphatic duct
    • jugular trunks
    • subclavian trunks
    • bronchomediastinal trunks
    • lumbar trunks
    • intestinal trunk
    • lymph nodes
  • reticuloendothelial system
• labeled imaging anatomy cases
• osteology
  • skeleton
    • axial skeleton
    • appendicular skeleton
  • bones
    • macroscopic structure
      • diaphysis
      • metaphysis
        • metaepiphysis
        • metadiaphysis
      • epiphysis
        • cleft epiphysis
      • physis
      • apophysis
    • microscopic structure
      • cortical bone
      • cancellous bone
      • bone marrow
    • bone growth
      • fetal bone formation
        • notochord
      • developmental ossification
        • endochondral ossification
          • primary ossification
          • secondary ossification
        • intramembranous ossification
      • tubulation
    • bones types
      • long bones
      • short bones
        • accessory ossicles (ossicle)
      • flat bones
        • Wormian bones
      • irregular bones
      • sesamoid bones
    • nutrient foramen
• joints
  • structural types
    • fibrous joints 
      • syndesmoses
        • interosseous membrane
    • cartilaginous joints
      • synchondroses
      • symphyses
    • synovial joints
      • ball and socket joint
      • hinge joint
      • condyloid joint
      • saddle joint
      • pivot joint
      • plane joint
  • functional types
    • synarthroses
    • amphiarthroses
    • diarthroses
  • bursa
• muscles
• organs
  • embryology
    • mesenchyme
    • parenchyma
• skin
  • glomus body
• blood vessels
  • histology
    • intracranial arteries
• nerves
  • histology
    • Obersteiner-Redlich zone