Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria
Encyclopedia
The Nomina Anatomica Veterinaria (often abbreviated as NAV) is a text prepared by the International Committee on Veterinary Gross Anatomical Nomenclature. It is used as the standard reference for anatomical
(zootomical) terminology in the field of Veterinary Science
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The text is continually under revision. The fifth edition is available free of charge from the World Association of Veterinary Anatomists (WAVA) in portable document format, and has not been printed commercially. The 4th edition, published in 1994, was the last commercially printed edition.
Anatomy
Anatomy is a branch of biology and medicine that is the consideration of the structure of living things. It is a general term that includes human anatomy, animal anatomy , and plant anatomy...
(zootomical) terminology in the field of Veterinary Science
Veterinary medicine
Veterinary Medicine is the branch of science that deals with the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of disease, disorder and injury in non-human animals...
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The text is continually under revision. The fifth edition is available free of charge from the World Association of Veterinary Anatomists (WAVA) in portable document format, and has not been printed commercially. The 4th edition, published in 1994, was the last commercially printed edition.