RESUMO
Background: Effort has been made to assess the recent trend in Medical research especially related to Anatomy. Anatomy being foundation subject requires a fundamental approach to the study of its fabrics. It is therefore required that the Anatomists should work more on the basic principles of Human structure. Trends in Anatomy changes as per the availability of the infrastructure of the medical research. In India the facilities for the basic research is not upto the desired level, which could be reflected by the articles being published in National and International Journals and even by deliberation of their work in various forums. Methods: We have taken efforts to go in depth to find out the present trends in research in Anatomy by analyzing and taking help of the papers being presented in National Conference of Anatomy held recently in November 2015 at King George Medical University Lucknow. Results: It has been observed that there is a gradual decline of research related to the Animal Experimentation, which is required for in vivo screening of the embryopathic drugs which could be helpful for screening the mechanism of Teratogenecity. Availability of cadavers is also not upto the mark where people could do some research on Gross Anatomy and Oesteology. Conclusion: Sporadic research may not be very helpful in contributing to the field of Anatomy. Institutes/Medical Colleges should be given due importance in view to have a good infrastructure for the attraction of research in Anatomy to unfold some of the gaps in the description of Anatomy. This will certainly supplement its clinical values in the treatment of patients.