Anatomy

Anatomy is the study of the structure of the body and of the relationship of its constituent part to each other. In region, e.g. arm, leg, head, chest, etc., is found to consist of a number of structures common to all regions such as bones, muscles, nerves, blood vessels and so on. From this study it follows that a number of different systems exist. These have been grouped together and described under the heading systematic anatomy.

    A study of the position and relationship of one part of the body could not be separated from a consideration of the use of each structure system. This study led to the employment of the terms functional anatomy which is closely allied to the study of physiology. Then again it was found that certain structures could be examined by the naked eye and the term macroscopic anatomy was introduced to describe this study, in distinction to microscopic anatomy which necessitates the use of a microscope. Closely allied to the study of anatomy are histology, the study of the fine structures of the body and cytology, the study of the cells.