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Anatomy education is the structured teaching and learning of body structure at gross, microscopic, developmental, and imaging-based levels within formal academic and professional training contexts [1][2][3][4]. It refers to curricula and pedagogical approaches used to develop understanding of anatomical terminology, spatial relationships, organ systems, and clinically relevant structural variation [1][2]. Anatomy education is characterized by combining conceptual knowledge with visual-spatial reasoning and practical identification skills through modalities such as cadaveric dissection, prosection, models, medical imaging, and digital or simulation-supported methods [2][3][4]. In health-professions training, anatomy education is a foundational disciplinary domain that supports subsequent learning in clinical sciences while remaining specifically focused on structural organization of the human body [1][3][4].

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  1. Kapil Sugand; Peter Abrahams; Ashish Khurana; The anatomy of anatomy: A review for its modernization. Anat. Sci. Educ. 2010, 3, 83-93. [CrossRef]
  2. Mohamed Estai; Stuart Bunt; Best teaching practices in anatomy education: A critical review. Ann. Anat. Anat. Anz. 2016, 208, 151-157. [CrossRef]
  3. E. M. Bergman; Cees P. M. Van Der Vleuten; Albert J. J. A. Scherpbier; Why don’t they know enough about anatomy? A narrative review. Med Teach. 2011, 33, 403-409. [CrossRef]
  4. Veronica Papa; Mauro Vaccarezza; Teaching Anatomy in the XXI Century: New Aspects and Pitfalls. Sci. World J. 2013, 2013, 310348. [CrossRef]
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