History of Anatomy

Question 1

Drilling of hole in the skull to relieve cranial pressure

Answer 1

Trepanation / Burr hole

Question 2

He wrote the first Anatomy manual

Answer 2

Menes

Question 3

The founder of comparative anatomy

Answer 3

Aristotle

Question 4

He named Aorta and Differentiated arteries and Veins

Answer 4

Aristotle

Question 5

HEART is the seat of intelligence

Answer 5

Aristotle

Question 6

BRAIN is the seat of intelligence

Answer 6

Herophilus

Question 7

He was the first to identify Nerves as sensory motors

Answer 7

Herophilus

Question 8

He Identified Veins and Arteries Containing blood

Answer 8

Claudius Gallen

Question 9

Produced anatomical drawings of unprecedented quality based on human cadaver

Answer 9

Leonardo Da VInci

Question 10

Father of Anatomy

Answer 10

Andreas Vesalius

Question 11

The first accurate book on Human Anatomy

Answer 11

De Humani Corporis Fabrica (by: Andreas Vesalius)

Question 12

Father of Histology

Answer 12

Malphigi

Question 13

First to confirm the existence of capillaries

Answer 13

Malphigi

Question 14

The act that gave Anatomists, Doctors and Med students to dissect donated / unclaimed bodies

Answer 14

Anatomy Act of 1832