▁be ▁called ▁the ▁" an atom ical " ▁view ▁of ▁the ▁body , ▁seeing ▁human ▁internal ▁function ing ▁as ▁a ▁result ▁of ▁an ▁essentially ▁cor p ore al ▁structure ▁filled ▁with ▁org ans ▁arranged ▁in ▁three - dimensional ▁space . ▁His ▁book ▁contains ▁draw ings ▁of ▁several ▁org ans ▁on ▁two ▁leaves . ▁This ▁allows ▁for ▁the ▁creation ▁of ▁three - dimensional ▁diag rams ▁by ▁cutting ▁out ▁the ▁org ans ▁and ▁past ing ▁them ▁on ▁fl ay ed ▁figures . ▁This ▁was ▁in ▁stark ▁contrast ▁to ▁many ▁of ▁the ▁an atom ical ▁models ▁used ▁previously , ▁which ▁had ▁strong ▁Gal en ic / Ar ist ote lean ▁elements , ▁as ▁well ▁as ▁elements ▁of ▁ast ro log y . ▁Although ▁modern ▁an atom ical ▁texts ▁had ▁been ▁published ▁by ▁Mond ino ▁and ▁Ber enger , ▁much ▁of ▁their ▁work ▁was ▁cloud ed ▁by ▁rever ence ▁for ▁Gal en ▁and ▁Arab ian ▁do ctr ines . ▁ ▁Besides ▁the ▁first ▁good ▁description ▁of ▁the ▁s phen oid ▁b one , ▁he ▁showed ▁that ▁the ▁stern um ▁consists ▁of ▁three ▁port ions ▁and ▁the ▁sac rum ▁of ▁five ▁or ▁six , ▁and ▁described ▁accur ately ▁the ▁vest ib ule ▁in ▁the ▁interior ▁of ▁the ▁temporal ▁b one . ▁He ▁not ▁only ▁verified ▁Est ienne ' s ▁observations ▁on ▁the ▁val ves ▁of ▁the ▁he p atic ▁ve ins , ▁but ▁also ▁described ▁the ▁v ena ▁a zy g os , ▁and ▁discovered ▁the ▁canal ▁which ▁passes ▁in ▁the ▁fet us ▁between ▁the ▁um bil ical