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Anatomy and physiology

May 2024

  • Daisy Lafarge photographed with her cat Uisce at home in Glasgow by Murdo MacLeod for the Observer New Review.

    ‘Despite appearances, I finally realise I am not able-bodied’: novelist Daisy Lafarge on her hypermobility disorder

    The writer was 31 when she was diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, an incurable genetic condition. She recalls the relief – and grief – of chronic health issues finally being given a name

January 2024

  • A 16th-century portrait of Andreas Vesalius

    Annotated version of Andreas Vesalius’s masterwork on human anatomy up for auction

    ‘Mind-blowing’ edition of 16th-century anatomist’s De Humani Corporis Fabrica Libri Septem estimated to be worth up to £1m

September 2023

  • Uni Guide 2024 "Subject Tables"

    University Guide 2024
    Best UK universities for anatomy and physiology – league table

    The study of how the human body works – includes anatomy, physiology and pathology, ophthalmics, and aural and oral sciences

August 2023

  • Pyrex graduated measuring jug<br>F48CK9 Pyrex graduated measuring jug

    Want to weigh your hands? Here’s how to do it

  • Woman’s hand touching surface of water.

    Brief letters
    Putting a finger on how to weigh hands

May 2023

  • Helen Sullivan

    The nature of ...
    A skeleton: it’s a good thing bones don’t blush

    Helen Sullivan
  • display cabinet of objects at the Hunterian museum

    From foetuses to penises: anatomical museum reopens in London

September 2022

  • Guardian University Guide 2023 Online 01 Holding Image

    University Guide 2023
    Best UK universities for anatomy and physiology – league table

    The study of how the human body works – includes anatomy, physiology and pathology, ophthalmics, and aural and oral sciences

July 2022

  • The veins and muscles of the arm drawn by Leonardo da Vinci.

    How Leonardo figured out the beauty of anatomy

    An exhibition in the National Museum of Scotland gives us a glimpse into the mind of a genius – and the grisly history of medical science

June 2022

  • Preserved as part of his punishment … curator Ailsa Hutton with William Burke’s skeleton.

    Bones, bowels and body-snatchers – Anatomy: A Matter of Death and Life review

    William Burke’s skeleton looms over this gripping exhibition showcasing the spooky relics of science’s thirst for anatomical knowledge – and the horrors this often unleashed

May 2022

  • Malcolm, the man who, until recently, had a penis on his arm.

    TV review
    The Man With a Penis on His Arm review – TV that makes you proud to be British

    This fascinating, touching look at phalloplasty (and the ways having an arm-penis can make life tricky) has many moments of levity – and thankfully a happy ending

February 2022

  • Dr Alissa Zingman in her clinic in Silver Spring, Maryland.

    The outspoken
    The doctor who was told her illness was ‘all in her head’ – and is transforming the treatment of her rare genetic condition

    For 20 years, Alissa Zingman suffered painful symptoms that were dismissed by fellow doctors. Then she was warned there was little chance of improvement. Now her pioneering clinic offers hope to those with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome

February 2021

  • The human brain as a puzzle

    Neuroscience shows how interconnected we are – even in a time of isolation

    Lisa Feldman Barrett
    Physical closeness isn’t necessary for us to have a profound effect on one another’s biology, says psychology professor Lisa Feldman Barrett

October 2020

  • The Queen looks at the skeleton of Charles Byrne on a visit to the Hunterian Museum, London, in 1962.

    Hilary Mantel calls for skeleton of Irish 'giant' to be repatriated

    Charles Byrne’s remains acquired and displayed against wishes in UK for two centuries

September 2020

  • Lecturer speaking to college students in human anatomy class

    University Guide 2024
    University subject profile: anatomy and physiology

    Learn how the human body works. Includes anatomy, physiology and pathology, ophthalmics, aural and oral sciences

June 2019

  • Expect to spend lots of your time in lectures, seminars and laboratory practicals – courses are very hands-on.

    University Guide 2020
    University subject profile: anatomy and physiology

    Study of how the human body works – includes anatomy, physiology and pathology, ophthalmics and aural and oral sciences

February 2019

  • Venus Rising from the Sea, circa 1520, by Titian, which will feature in The Renaissance Nude.

    Skin in the game: do we need to take down nudes – or look at them harder?

    The Royal Academy’s major exhibition of nudes features equal numbers of naked men and women. Is this progress?

July 2016

  • Dissected foetal skull dating from the 1800s, originally held in the University of Cambridge Anatomy Museum.

    Anatomy specimens reveal story of infanticide, stillbirth and poverty

    Study of 18th and 19th century infant anatomy specimens in UK museums and teaching collections reveals a tragic and sometimes dubious history

May 2016

  • LIFE SIZED ANATOMICAL VENUS FROM SPINTZNER'S 19th CENTURY COLLECTION

    Cadavers in pearls: meet the Anatomical Venus

    They were reclining beauties with ecstatic expressions – and lift-out intestines. Enter the necrophiliac world of 18th-century anatomical models

April 2016

  • A 20-week ultrasound scan of a healthy foetus

    The testosterone surge and gender identity

    Letters: Because testosterone levels affect the brain when gender of the body is already fixed, the two are not unexceptionally correlated
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