Anatomy & Physiology: The Unity of Form and Function, 7th Edition

Published by McGraw-Hill Education
ISBN 10: 0073403717
ISBN 13: 978-0-07340-371-7

Chapter 1 - Section 1.5 - Human Structure - Before You Go On - Page 13: 15

Answer

Medical students should observe and dissect multiple cadavers in order to see as many different body types as different. Some humans are missing organs, some have certain muscles others do not as well as varying numbers of lumbar vertebrae. The diagrams represented within the textbooks represent around 70% of the human bodies.

Work Step by Step

"Anatomists, surgeons, and students must be constantly aware of how much one body can differ from another." (p.14)
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