Excerpt from Human Anatomy for Art Students In anatomical description the subject is always supposed to be standing in the position of atten tion, the face looking straight towards the student, the upper limbs hanging by the side, with the palms of the hands to the front. Whatever may be the actual position of the subject under study, the terms Above or superior to, Below or inferior to, Anterior or in front, Posterior or behind, Ill ternal or medial, External or lateral, Proximal or nearer to the axis, in distinction from Distal or further removed from the axis, are applied in such a way that they would be true if the attention position were resumed by the subject or model. The human body is divided, for purposes of anato mical description, into various parts; and each of these is made up of several tissues or systems. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.