ALT Decolonizing the Body from Black in Anatomy. The featured anatomical term is the Cerebral Arterial Circle. The cerebral arterial circle is a network of connected arteries that travel along the base of the brain.

ALT Cerebral Arterial Circle, Clinical significance. The cerebral arterial circle provides alternative paths for blood to take should one path become blocked or damaged. It has the potential to prevent or lessen reduction in blood flow to the brain.

ALT Cerebral Arterial Circle, Eponym History with the Eponym “Circle of Willis” crossed out. The cerebral arterial circle is also known as the “Circle of Willis.” Thomas Willis was a 17th century English doctor and Fellow of the Royal Society of London, the world’s oldest continually existing scientific academy. Picture of the cerebral arterial circle and Dr. Willis in a circle.

ALT Many anatomical structures have two names: An anatomical term: that provides consistency, denotates meaning, and avoids confusion and an eponymous term that is derived from a person's name (often a White man who described the structure). (This text is added for context and is not on the image) We should all use anatomical terms instead of eponyms in clinical practice, teaching, writing, and all medical contexts to: 1. Be consistent with the Terminologia Anatomica, the international standard for anatomy terms. 2. Denote location, size, and shape. 3. Avoid the "pale, male and stale" terminology trap. #DecolonizingTheBody

ALT Black in Anatomy Roll Call introduction and profile for Black in Anatomy Week of Madelyn Crowell, PhD, a Post-doctoral Associate, Evolutionary Biologist. “I use #AnatomyEveryDay as an instructor to medical students and as a researcher. I study how bone density in marine mammals is associated with ecological niches.” #BlackinAnatRollCall

ALT Black in Anatomy Roll Call introduction and profile for Black in Anatomy Week of Mayowa Adegboyega, PhD, Post-doctoral Fellow, Biological Anthropologist, Anatomist. “I use #AnatomyEveryDay to instruct medical students in gross anatomy, and in my research to analyze pelvic evolution and variation and gait biomechanics in humans.” #BlackinAnatRollCall