Anatomical anomalies are deviations from the typical structure of the body's organs, tissues, or systems, arising from genetic, developmental, or environmental causes. They range from minor anatomical variants of no clinical consequence to major congenital malformations that can impair function or threaten health. D…
Anatomical anomalies are deviations from the typical structure of the body's organs, tissues, or systems, arising from genetic, developmental, or environmental causes. They range from minor anatomical variants of no clinical consequence to major congenital malformations that can impair function or threaten health. Documenting such variation matters in both basic anatomy and clinical practice, because awareness of normal variants and structural anomalies guides accurate diagnosis, safe surgery, and the interpretation of imaging. The International Journal of Human Anatomy is a peer-reviewed, open-access journal devoted to the structure of the human body, including normal morphology, anatomical variation, and developmental and clinical anatomy. Work published in the journal illustrates this scope: studies of the anatomical structure of the umbilical cord in a Sudanese population and its correlation with neonatal outcome, and of anatomical variants of the placenta and their relation to neonatal outcome, examine structural variation in fetal and placental tissues and its clinical significance, while a clinical-anatomical account of the newborn cranial vault details normal and variant morphology relevant to neonatal care. Together these reflect the journal's focus on describing human structure and its variations. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access anatomy research relevant to anatomical anomalies and variation.
3 peer-reviewed articles, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.
The 3 articles above have been cited 15 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.
A sample of recent works citing this journal's research on Anatomical Anomalies, linking to each citing work.