Latin and Greek in gross anatomy

Clinical Anatomy

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 332-337

  Smith, Sean B ^a   Carmichael, Stephen W ^a   Pawlina, Wojciech ^a   Spinner, Robert J ^a  

^a Mayo Clinic   (United States)

Author keywords

Anatomy; Etymology; Greek; Latin

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANATOMY; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GREEK LANGUAGE; GROSS ANATOMY; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE; LATIN LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MEDICAL STUDENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PHYSICIAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECALL; RESIDENT; SCORING SYSTEM; TEACHING; UNITED STATES; CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY;

ANATOMY; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, MEDICAL; EDUCATIONAL MEASUREMENT; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; TEACHING; TERMINOLOGY;

EID: 33947106874     PISSN: 08973806     EISSN: 10982353     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ca.20342     Document Type: Article

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