Chicken Anatomy

Anatomy is a completely transparent science that studies the shape and structure of an organism as a whole down to its structural details. Veterinary medicine perceives anatomy as very useful, but also as a very free science that reveals all the details of body structure. Guided by the need to discover all the details of the body structure of the domestic hen, which at first glance seems simple, we will try to bring the real complexity of the material closer to the student, researcher, and breeder. The anatomy of the domestic hen pays full attention to each individual organ and system as a whole. In a narrower sense, it explains the structure, shape, and interrelationships of individual parts of organs and systems. Describing individual organs, their position, and their relationship in the body, the systems are rounded off, as well as their importance in the organism. The body of a domestic hen is a functional whole, composed of individual interconnected systems (systematic anatomy) which are described through chapters: osteology, arthrology, myology, and splanchnology with associated systems (digestive, respiratory, urinary, sexual, vascular, nervous and aesthetics). The anatomy of a domestic hen enables the student to study the structure of the hen's body, the relationship between surface shapes and deeper structures, and deeper structures with each other as a framework in which life processes take place. In veterinary anatomy and veterinary medicine in general, we use standard international terms that are periodically published in the anatomical nomenclature Nomina Anatomica Avium (NAA) when describing and orienting the body, organs, and other structures in chickens. This official document is prepared and issued by the International Committee on Aviation Anatomical Nomenclature (ICAAN) and the World Association of Veterinary Anatomists (WAVA), and its content is under constant review. Most of the terms mentioned in this nomenclature come from Latin, while a slightly smaller number is derived from other languages.