The second part of the Anatomical Atlas out now!












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            * The second part of the Anatomical Atlas out now!
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            On Wednesday, January 10, Atlas anatomie člověka II [ URL "https://www.grada.cz/atlas-anat

            ii-atlas-of-human-anatom-7098/"] (Atlas of Human Anatomy, part II) was launched in the Aca
            the First Faculty of Medicine, in Faust House. Three years after the publication of the fi
            original Czech publication is finally complete.

            While the first part of the atlas features the anatomy of limbs and the outer part of the 
            second part focuses on the structure of head and neck, organs in the thoracic, abdominal a
            area, the central nervous system and sense organs. The complete atlas, with 1,300 illustra

            photographs, uses international nomenclature to describe the human anatomy; every illustra
            in Latin, Czech and English. Also included is the glossary of frequently used Latin and an

            terms, and their Czech and English translations. The Atlas of Human Anatomy was written by
            [ URL "http://anat.lf1.cuni.cz/pracovnici/grim.php"] and Ondřej Naňka [ URL "http://anat.l
            pracovnici/nanka.php"] of the Institute of Anatomy at the First Faculty of Medicine, Charl

            and illustrated by Ivan Helekal [ URL "http://anat.lf1.cuni.cz/pracovnici/helekal.php"] .
            Tomáš Zima, Rector of Charles University, shared a personal memory at the launch – Profess
            a mere assistant professor at the time, was the first teacher Mr. Zima met as a student of

            believe that this very modern atlas of human anatomy will be a great help for medical doct
            teachers, students and everybody who wants to know the human body in detail. And it will h
            in the knowledge of anatomy. Let me congratulate the authors,” said Rector Zima.

            Aleksi Šedo, Dean of the First Faculty of Medicine, compared the new anatomical atlas to t
            who looks the part and provides information with continuous importance for biomedicine. He
            his respect and gratitude to the authors from the Institute of Anatomy at the First Facult

            “I found great added value in the way our flagship, the morphological site, is linked to t
            clinical facilities throughout the faculty. Therefore, I’m not hiding my respect and my jo
            will share it with me.” In the end of his speech, Dean Šedo followed up on the rector’s wo

            stating that “for many successful students, Professor Grim was also the last anatomy teach
            the faculty, which is certainly a proof of the high level of anatomy classes.”
            During the launch, Miloš Grim didn’t even try to conceal his satisfaction that the work wa

            successfully finished. In addition to the words of thanks, he said: “Our possibilities wer
            facts. First, the Institute of Anatomy keeps a great collection of items; second, we have 
            number of drawings by various artists.” He added that several pictures were successfully d

            modified using Ivan Helekal’s knowledge, but for the most part, new pictures had to be mad
            According to Ondřej Naňka, the hardest part was to curb the desire to put everything and a
            atlas; the authors had to seek the best possible balance of information in the book. The m

            to make a traditional illustrated atlas but to use modern display technology as well. “Tha
            twenty contributors from fifteen clinical workplaces, who provided about two hundred pictu
            anatomical illustrations,” said Assistant Professor Naňka and added: “We had to learn how 

            describe them.” Over more than 400 pages, the atlas includes, for example, X-ray, MRI or C
            The academic painter Ivan Helekal admits that he didn’t find any closer relationship to an
            during the three years of work on the atlas: “Rather the opposite – sometimes I believed s

            be very easy to draw, and then I was disappointed and lost my patience. And yet I believe 
            creativity in my pictures, which makes them stand out among other available anatomical ill
            The new Atlas of Human Anatomy, parts I and II, was published after the unbelievable perio

            since the publication of the previous Czech anatomical atlas. So far, Czech medicine stude
            on the translations of foreign textbooks. Both books were published by Grada, the price of
            Czk 850.