Anatomy  

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Illustration: The Flayed Angel (1746), anatomical drawing by Jacques Gautier d'Agoty

Frontispiece for the 1638 edition of The Anatomy of Melancholy by Robert Burton

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Anatomy (from the Greek anatomia, from ana: separate, apart from, and temnein, to cut up, cut open) is the branch of biology that is the consideration of the structure of living things. Anatomy should not be confused with histopathology (also called anatomical pathology or morbid anatomy), which is the study of the gross and microscopic appearances of diseased organs.

See also

• Human anatomy
• Morbid Anatomy
• Leonardo da Vinci's anatomical drawings

See also

General anatomy:

• Anatomical terms of location
• Body plan
• History of anatomy
• Important publications in anatomy

Human anatomy:

• List of human anatomical parts named after people

In painting

• Anatomy lesson of Dr. Willem van der Meer, 1617
• The Anatomy Lesson of Dr. Nicolaes Tulp by Rembrandt shows an anatomy lesson taking place in Amsterdam in 1632.
• The Anatomist, (1869) by Gabriel von Max
• Péan and his surgery class before operation (1887) by Henri Gervex
• The Agnew Clinic (1889) by American artist Thomas Eakins
• Heart's Anatomy (1890) by Enrique Simonet