Anatomists

Anatomists divide the lower limb into the thigh (the part of the limb between the hip and the knee ) and the leg (which refers only to the area of the limb between the knee and the ankle ).

Ancient anatomists assumed they were filled with air and that they were for transport of air.

Disciplines such as endocrinology have explained the purpose of glands that anatomists previously could not explain; medical devices such as MRI machines and CAT scanners have enabled researchers to study organs, living or dead, in unprecedented detail.

Greer also alludes to the fact that " vagina ", the medical, non-vulgar term, was a Latin name given by male anatomists for all muscle coverings, meaning "sword-sheath".

It was widely rumoured that Sterne's body was stolen shortly after it was interred and sold to anatomists at Cambridge University.

Many European cities, such as Amsterdam, London, Copenhagen, Padua, and Paris, all had Royal anatomists (or some such office) tied to local government.

Most anatomists now consider that the bodies of protostomes and deuterostomes are "flipped over" with respect to each other, a hypothesis that was first proposed by Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire for insects in comparison to vertebrates.

Others joined in, both expert anatomists and Catholic priests and supporters were politically opposed to Haeckel's views.

The term neostriatum was forged by comparative anatomists comparing the subcortical structures between vertebrates, because it was thought to be a phylogenetically newer section of the corpus striatum.

This act was adopted to decrease crime, taking advantage of the popular belief that the manipulation of the corpse by the anatomists could compromise the passage of the soul into the afterlife.

Traditionally, to avoid confusion with other lip-like structures of the body, the labia of female genitals were termed by anatomists in Latin as labia majora (or minora) pudendi.