Editing Gray's Anatomy (section)

==Cultural influence==
* In [[Mark Twain]]'s ''[[The Adventures of Tom Sawyer]]'', the book that Tom catches [[Becky Thatcher]] reading, and from which she tears a page, is implied to be ''Gray's Anatomy''.
* In [[Bette Bao Lord]]'s 1984 book "[[In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson]]", Shirley Temple Wong and her new friend Emily secretly look at the "naked people" in ''Gray's Anatomy''.
*In [[Nina Bawden]]'s 1973 book, [[Carrie's War]], Albert Sandwich reads up on skull anatomy at Druid's Bottom from "Gray's Anatomy".
* Early in the 1970 [[Tamil language|Tamil]] film ''Malathi'', medical students [[Gemini Ganesan]] and [[B. Saroja Devi]] try to obtain the 28th edition of ''Gray's Anatomy'' from an old book shop.
*  [[Jean-Michel Basquiat]] was inspired by the book's illustrations. He read it many times as a child, especially when recovering from his accident.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2017/sep/08/race-power-money-the-art-of-jean-michel-basquiat|title=Race, power, money – the art of Jean-Michel Basquiat|last=Laing|first=Olivia|date=8 September 2017|website=[[the Guardian]]|language=en|access-date=2018-07-04}}</ref>
* In the 1980 ''[[Little House on the Prairie (TV series)|Little House on the Prairie]]'' episode "Laura Ingalls Wilder Part 1", Mrs. Harriet Oleson ([[Katherine MacGregor]]) is seen reading ''Gray's Anatomy'' in a perturbed manner.
* In the 1991 movie ''[[The Addams Family (1991 film)|The Addams Family]]'', Granny ([[Judith Malina]]) reads ''Gray's Anatomy'' while Gomez ([[Raul Julia]]) is playing with his train sets.
* In [[Diana Gabaldon]]'s 1994 novel ''[[Voyager (novel)|Voyager]]'', Claire Fraser references a description of maxillary muscles in ''Gray's Anatomy.''
* The 1996 [[Steven Soderbergh]] film ''[[Gray's Anatomy (film)|Gray's Anatomy]]'', featuring monologuist [[Spalding Gray]], also takes its name from the title of the book, as does ''Gray's Anatomy: Selected Writings'', a 2009 book by British political philosopher [[John N. Gray]].
* In the 1998 ''[[Star Trek: Voyager]]'' episode "[[Message in a Bottle (Star Trek: Voyager)|Message in a Bottle]]", the new [[Emergency Medical Hologram]] designed by Ensign Kim begins reciting the contents of ''Gray's Anatomy'' when activated, beginning with a description of the [[Cell (biology)|cell]].
* The American [[medical drama]] ''[[Grey's Anatomy]]'' (2005–present) is a [[play on words]] referring to both the textbook and the name of the series' lead character, [[Meredith Grey]].<ref>Roschke, Ryan (30 November 2017). [https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/What-Does-Grey-Anatomy-Mean-44214116 "In Case You Didn't Know, This Is How Grey's Anatomy Got Its Title"]. [[PopSugar]].</ref><ref>Standring, Susan (November 2005). [http://www.ajnr.org/content/26/10/2703 "Gray's Anatomy, 39th Edition: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice"]. ''[[American Journal of Neuroradiology]]''. 26 (10) 2703-2704.</ref>
* The name of Jim Leonard Jr.'s 2006 play ''[[Anatomy of Gray]]'', which centers on a doctor visiting a small town in Indiana in 1880, takes its title as a play on ''Gray's Anatomy''.
* In [[Dan Brown]]'s 2013 novel ''[[Inferno (Brown novel)|Inferno]]'', Sienna Brooks, as a child, reads all 1,600 pages of ''Gray's Anatomy'' in ten days.
* In the ABC television series ''[[The Good Doctor (American TV series)|The Good Doctor]]'' (2017–2024), the lead character, Dr. Shaun Murphy, an [[savant syndrome|autistic savant]], often visualizes illustrations from ''Gray's Anatomy'' as he mentally diagnoses a patient's condition.
* In the series ''[[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]]'' (season 2, episode 2), Willow found the book in the locker of a student who is suspected of digging up a body in a graveyard.
* In [[Andrew Joseph White]]'s 2023 novel ''The Spirit Bares it's Teeth'', Silas Bell recalls reading ''Gray's Anatomy'' after receiving it as a gift from his brother.