anatomy
Study of bodies
Anatomy is the structure of a body or organism, or the scientific study of that structure: She studied anatomy in medical school, the anatomy of a frog.
By extension, anatomy can mean a detailed examination of anything: an anatomy of political failure.
In older or literary usage, anatomy simply means body: {her
Internal supportive framework
- musculatureArrangement of muscles
- cardiovascularOf heart and blood vessels
- respiratoryRelated to breathing organs
- digestiveRelating to food breakdown
nervous · endocrine · lymphatic · reproductive · urinary · circulatory · skeletal · muscular
Anatomical cutting and examination
- cadaverBody for dissection
- cytologyStudy of cells
- embryologyStudy of prenatal development
- morphologyStudy of structural forms
pathology · physiology · comparative · gross · microscopic · regional · systematic · clinical
Outline or numeral
- proportionComparative relation of parts
- musculatureArrangement of muscles
- skeletonInternal supportive framework
- poseDeliberate bodily arrangement
gesture · contour · form · foreshortening · model · nude · torso · limbs
Precise surgical knife
- cadaverBody for dissection
- incisionControlled cut into tissue
- formalinAqueous preservative solution
- embalmingPreserving dead bodies chemically
specimen · forceps · hemostat · probe · scissors · tray · gloves · gown
Head's bone casing
- femurUpper leg bone
- tibiaMain lower leg bone
- humerusUpper arm's long bone
- vertebraSegmented bone of spine
sternum · clavicle · scapula · pelvis · patella · mandible · phalanges · metatarsals
Identification of illness
- imagingProducing visual representations
- MRIMagnetic body imaging
- CTTomographic imaging method
- X-rayPenetrating diagnostic beam
ultrasound · palpation · examination · biopsy · surgical · clinical · patient · pathology
Underlying support system
- organizationStructured group with purpose
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
- arrangementOrdered configuration or agreement
- configurationArrangement of parts
layout · architecture · construction · design · form · makeup · schema · blueprint
skeleton
Internal supportive framework
- musculatureArrangement of muscles
- cardiovascularOf heart and blood vessels
- respiratoryRelated to breathing organs
digestive · nervous · endocrine · lymphatic · reproductive · urinary · circulatory · skeletal · muscular · organ
dissection
Anatomical cutting and examination
- cadaverBody for dissection
- cytologyStudy of cells
- embryologyStudy of prenatal development
morphology · pathology · physiology · comparative · gross · microscopic · regional · systematic · clinical · surgical
figure
Outline or numeral
- proportionComparative relation of parts
- musculatureArrangement of muscles
- skeletonInternal supportive framework
pose · gesture · contour · form · foreshortening · model · nude · torso · limbs · study
scalpel
Precise surgical knife
embalming · specimen · forceps · hemostat · probe · scissors · tray · gloves · gown · vivisection
skull
Head's bone casing
vertebra · sternum · clavicle · scapula · pelvis · patella · mandible · phalanges · metatarsals · carpals
diagnosis
Identification of illness
X-ray · ultrasound · palpation · examination · biopsy · surgical · clinical · patient · pathology · radiography
framework
Underlying support system
- organizationStructured group with purpose
- compositionArranged elements forming whole
- arrangementOrdered configuration or agreement
configuration · layout · architecture · construction · design · form · makeup · schema · blueprint · hierarchy
- biologycells, DNA, cell, biology, gene
- sciencesbiology, chemistry, physics, astronomy, geology
- STEMscience, engineering, mathematics, math, technology
- natural historynatural history, natural history museum, naturalist, naturalists, natural philosophers
- science educationscience fair, science class, science teachers, science lab, science projects
- STEM subjectsmath, biology, chemistry, physics, algebra
anatomysynthesis
Combining parts into whole
integration · unification · amalgamation · consolidation · coalescence
anatomyphysiology
Science of bodily functions
function · dynamics · metabolism · biochemistry · kinetics
- Grey's Anatomy
- human anatomyStudy of body structure
- skeletal anatomyBones and their arrangement
- anatomy lessonInstruction in bodily structure
- Gray's AnatomyFoundational anatomy textbook
- female anatomyBodily systems specific to women
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