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Humanities > Art > Human Body

Preferred term

Human Body  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Body, Human
  • Figure, Human
  • Figures, Human
  • Human Figure
  • Human Figures

Note

  • the human body as a whole, viewed from an artistic, cultural, historical, or social perspective

Scope note

  • The human being as a non-anatomical and non-zoological entity. The emphasis is on the philosophical or artistic treatment of the human being, and includes lay and social attitudes toward the body in history. (From J. Cassedy, NLM History of Medicine Division)

History note

  • 95

In other languages

  • ihmiskeho

    Finnish

  • elimistö
  • ihmiselimistö
  • ihmisen elimistö
  • ihmisen keho
  • ihmisen ruumis
  • ihmisruumis
  • keho
  • ruumis
  • Människokroppen

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D018594

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