Autopsy Report
Human anatomy is riddled with controversies.
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A paper in Scientific Reports argued that scientists have been mischaracterizing a structure in the body once thought to simply be connective tissue.
(The authors didn't use the word "organ" in the paper, but they did use that word in interviews).
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These findings were controversial. Anirban Maitra a pathologist at the University of Texas Medical Center, told The Scientist ...
Leonardo DaVinci portrayed the mesentery as continuous in his drawings.
But it wasn't without controversy – and other experts objected to the reclassification.
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Or how bones release hormones in response to stress.
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