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Anatomy (from the Greek
ἀνα"ομία
anatomia, from
ἀνα"έμνειν
anatemnein, to cut up, cut open), is the branch of biology that deals with the structure and organization of living things.
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Anatomy: (�), n.; pl. Anatomies (�). 1. The art of dissecting, or artificially separating the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy; dissection.
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anatomy
study of the structure of organs, especially as revealed by dissection
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ...
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Definition of anatomy :
The science of understanding the structure and make-up of the body. The word comes from Greek: ana = up, and tome = a cutting, hence cutting up of a body.
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Anatomy (from the Greek anatome, from ana-temnein, to cut up), is the branch of biology that deals with the structure and organization of living things; thus there is animal anatomy (zootomy) and plant anatomy (phytonomy).
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Anatomy of Skeletal Muscle
The Muscle Fiber
Thick and Thin Filaments
The anatomy of a sarcomere
Activation of Skeletal Muscle
The Neuromuscular Junction
Tetanus
The Sliding-Filament Model
Coupling Excitation to Contraction
Isotonic vs.
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Anatomy the study of body parts their names and locations
(ana = up throughout again; tom = to cut) ...
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Anatomy is an important part of physiology and considers how organ systems in animals such as the nervous, immune, endocrine, respiratory and circulatory systems function and interact.
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Anatomy of a polyp. These animals have an almost plant-like appearance, being anchored in place. Image from Purves et al.
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anatomy The study of the structure of an organism and its parts.
anautogeny In some Diptera the necessity of a blood meal before eggs can develop within the female.
Anconeus elbow.
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Morbid Anatomy. Six new Mendelian disease loci were identified by genetic linkage or physical mapping to chromosome 9.
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comparative anatomy: comparing the anatomical structures of modern day organisms with fossils to yield clues to the type of organisms that roamed earth long ago.
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The conclusion that might be drawn from the above is that there are many features of ancestral retinal anatomy that were retained in most classes of vertebrates, but lost in mammals. Elaborate color vision is just one such feature.
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Professor of Biology and Anatomy; Investigator, HHMI
Patel is a professor in the Department of Organismal Biology and Anatomy at the University of Chicago, and an associate investigator of the Howard Hughes Medical Institute.
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*Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB 7090, 236 Taylor Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7090 U.S.A.
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This is normal anatomy, but in some people the artery presses on the vein enough to thicken the vein wall over time. This condition may occur in adults or children.
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Lab 8 Seed Plant Reproduction
Lab 17 Rat and Frog Comparative Anatomy
oviduct
A tube passing from the ovary to the vagina in invertebrates or to the uterus in vertebrates.
Covered in Lab 17 Rat and Frog Comparative Anatomy ...
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Use comparative embryology, molecular biology, anatomy, and fossil record to show probably evolutionary relationships.
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Activity: Evidence of evolution ...
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Organ Systems QuizCellular Respiration QuizAnatomy of the Stomach - Gastric Motilit...TundraPrefixes: end- or endo- ...
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Biologists who specialize in the study of fish behavior, anatomy, physiology, and evolution.
imaginal disk
(i-maj-in-ul) ...
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Morphology
The study of the form of animals - usually external and often contrasted with anatomy, the study of the internal form.
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The scientific tradition that stresses the relationship between a physical structure and its function, for example, the related disciplines of anatomy and physiology. Subcloning.
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