The clinical anatomy of several invasive procedures

This paper by the Educational Affairs Committee of the American Association of Clinical Anatomists (AACA) is a sequel to one published earlier, A Clinical Anatomy Curriculum for the Medical Student of the 21st Century (Clin. Anat. 9:71-99). In that curricular document a number of invasive procedures that apply gross anatomy to current medical practices are cited. The present paper describes several of these invasive procedures in detail to demonstrate 1) that gross anatomy forms the foundation for their safe, efficient, and effective performance and 2) that such a foundation in gross anatomy is delineated in our previously published curricular document. Furthermore, the AACA Educational Affairs Committee hopes this paper will serve as a valuable resource for incorporating these and other invasive procedures into a clinical anatomy curriculum for students of medicine.