What is anatomy?
Anatomy is an area of biology that deals with the structure of plants and animals, usually on the extent of whole organisms and their main systems. The main divisions falling under the umbrella of anatomy include visible structures and organs, comparative studies of related organisms and growth and development. Anatomy also includes body systems and their functions and anatomical diseases. Sometimes histology, which is the study of different types of tissues and their special cells. In animals, the field also applies to main systems such as circulation, digestive and nervous system.
Most often the science of anatomy concerns the study of gross anatomy, which is the study of visible structures without the use of AIDS such as a microscope. This allows the exploration of different body structures in terms of their entire size and shape, as well as their relationship to other structures. Less commonly, the term also a reference to an anatomical study of smaller units such as a cell. Studies of different types of tissues often require microscopic analysis to make a meaningful comparison between themI. The more inclusive term of morphology covers both macroscopic and extensive, as well as microscopic structures.
Anatomy has a number of subdivizes that deal with more specific aspects of body structures. One of them is the study of organisms that may include embryonic stage in animals through maturity. Functional anatomy is the study of organs, their role in the body and their place in the main systems of the body. Comparative anatomy deals with the anatomical relationship between animals that share similar structures to mammals.
Further division includes pathological anatomy, which is the study of patients and how it turns into a form or function. Sometimes the smallest biology, cells, cells, are also mzahněn. The wider divisions that have a longer scientific history include an animal, plant and human branch of the field.
In anatomy, visible structures of the body are associated with their placesin larger systems. For example, the circulatory system includes heart, blood vessels and arteries. Reproductive anatomy for men and females includes sexual organs such as testicles, penis and vagina. Other systems are muscular, skeletal and respiratory systems. Anatomical studies are often paired with the related area of physiology, which deals specifically with the function of organisms. Physiology also expands the study of anatomical structures to their biological processes.