What is anatomic research?
This refers to studies done on human cadavers. A cadaver is a body saved for study after death. Doctors and researchers use cadavers to improve diagnosis and treatment. Knowing where each nerve, tendon, muscle, and blood vessel is located is important when doing surgery. For example, doctors in the Netherlands and Italy teamed up to find a safe way to do ankle surgery. Mapping out the location of nerves and measuring their distance from bones is helpful. Anatomic research gives doctors directions on where and how to place surgical tools. Anatomic research also gives doctors an idea of the sizes and shapes of each body part. Understanding how these tissues are the same or different from person to person is very helpful. Using this information, doctors can carry out operations with little risk of hurting important structures.
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