Policy Statement on Body Exhibits.
The AACA's official position on public body exhibitions, ethical sourcing, and informed consent.
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Teaching & Research
Resources for the discipline.
A curated collection of AACA-authored policy documents, educational resources, and links for clinical anatomy educators, researchers, and students.
Official AACA documents.
Best Practices for Body Donor Programs.
Guidance for institutions running willed-body programs, covering consent, tracking, and the dignified return of remains.
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Curated references, dissection guides, and curriculum materials from member-contributed educational content across the health sciences.
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Full access to twenty-plus volumes of Clinical Anatomy for members in good standing — including early access to accepted papers.
About the journalOn anatomical variation.
It is clear that textbook writers and teachers over the centuries, even until today, fail to understand or to transmit to their students the crucial concept that anatomical and physiological diversity and variation is a canon of living organisms. This failure leads to the belief that textbooks are conveying immutable facts with only a few anomalous exceptions.
AACA members have long championed the teaching of anatomical variation as a core concept, not a footnote. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Human Anatomic Variation and partner resources are among the most complete sources available for understanding, visualizing, and conveying the complexity of human anatomy.
Partner organizations.
Our work is strengthened by longstanding collaboration with peer societies and publishing partners. These organizations support our members' research, teaching, and continuing education.
- British Association of Clinical Anatomists (BACA). Co-publisher of Clinical Anatomy and a sister society for affiliate members.
- Wiley. Publisher of our official journal since its founding.
- American Association for Anatomy (AAA). Sister society representing the broader field of anatomical sciences.
- European Federation for Experimental Morphology (EFEM). A long-standing partner for international scholarly exchange.