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Learning human anatomy through comparative vertebrate anatomy
Author(s) -
Smith Gregory R.
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.22.1_supplement.393.2
Subject(s) - comparative anatomy , vertebrate , anatomy , human anatomy , biology , function (biology) , evolutionary biology , biochemistry , gene
Studying comparative vertebrate anatomy gives us insights to the design of these animals. Vertebrates exhibit anatomical adaptations to their various and unique environments. An appreciation of human design and function is gained when we compare ourselves to examples of other vertebrates that are considered specialists in the animal kingdom.