ANATOMY POWERPOINT LECTURES
Anatomy (from the Greek ἀνατομία anatomia , from ἀνατέμνειν ana: separate, apart from, and temnein , to cut up, cut open) is a branch of biology and medicine that is the consideration of the structure of living things . It is a general term that includes human anatomy , animal anatomy (zootomy) and plant anatomy (phytotomy). In some of its facets anatomy is closely related to embryology , comparative anatomy and comparative embryology , [ 1 ] through common roots in evolution . Anatomy is subdivided into gross anatomy (or macroscopic anatomy) and microscopic anatomy. [ 1 ] Gross anatomy (also called topographical anatomy, regional anatomy, or anthropotomy) is the study of anatomical structures that can be seen by unaided vision with the naked eye. [ 1 ] Microscopic anatomy is the study of minute anatomical structures assisted with microscopes , which includes histolo...