Folks, I don't have the posting anymore from the person who asked about
anatomy terminology -- if someone else sees this and knows who that was,
you might direct them. I wanted to reply immediately but couldn't find the
book among the general ongoing chaos that is my office.
This may prove helpful:
Layman, Dale Pierre. 1983. The Terminology of Anatomy and Physiology: A
Programmed Approach. John Wiley & Sons, New York, 293 pp.
This gem of a volume will not only help cross-translate (medical,
traditional zoological, veterinary) terms, but it teaches a bit of Latin
and Greek and a bit of history of science as well.
AND I can't leave out....of course the person who originally wrote in
ought to share the following famous mnemonic devices with his
"non-anatomical colleague":
THE BONES OF THE CARPUS
Medical version: Never Lower Tillie's Pants, Mother Might Come Home
Zoology version: Spanish Ladies Cannot Piss, Therefore They Must Urinate
And this bit of laughable crassity is needed, because by golly, my doctor
told me I had fractured my NAVICULAR BONE serving boomers in volleyball,
whereat I mentioned this to my veterinarian and he was sure I had broken a
sesamoid in my index finger, while my college professor thought I had
messed up my ankle....
....now who can remember the one about the Old Ogre on Olympus to
straighten him out on the cranial nerves??
Cheers -- Dr. Deb
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