The Laboratorio de Investigaciones Morfologicas Aplicadas (LIMA) was created in 1974 as an extension of the Third Chair of Anatomy where research in morphology was done.

Dr. Mario Humberto Niveiro tenured professor of the Third Chair of Anatomy was a pioneer in this research field; he made several trips, mainly to France where he worked with Prof. Couinaud on liver segmentation. He was also a member of the Paris Anatomy Laboratory in charge of Prof. Delmas, where he continued improving his anatomosurgical career.

In 1994 a group of professional’s and teacher assistant’s students who developed different areas, specially oriented on vascular morphology, cardiovascular surgical techniques and bioengineering joined to the laboratory staff and worked along with the University of Tucumán and Fundación Favaloro.

As the Laboratory continued expanding, it started to research in Cardiothoracic Morphology with surgical application, focusing on the organ transplant area. A study program was created in cooperation whit the Organ Transplant Laboratory.

In the last years, the laboratory opened its doors to post-grade students and residents of different surgical areas, where they can practice on the anatomosurgical field which is important for their basic formation.

In 2015 a cooperation agreement was signed between LIMA and the Chair of Digital Anatomy of UNESCO. In the frame of this agreement there was an expansion of the digital anatomy study, student and professional exchanges with training purposes and making of scientific papers.