TYPES OF ANATOMY

AN EXAMPLE OF MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY.

CYTOLOGY-STUDY OF SINGLE BODY CELLS AND INTERNAL STRUCTURES. ALSO KNOWN AS THE STUDY OF CELLS, REFERRING TO MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY.

PATHALOGIC ANATOMY

EXAMINES ALL ANATOMIC CHANGES RESULTING FROM DISEASE.

REGIONAL ANATOMY

EXAMINES ALL THE STRUCTURES IN A PARTICULAR REGION OF THE BODY AS ONE COMPLETE UNIT. FOR EXAMPLE:SKIN, MUSCLES,NERVES,FAT AND BONES OF THE NECK.

SURFACE ANATOMY-EXTRA CREDIT

EXAMINES BOTH SUPERFICIAL ANATOMIC MARKINGS, AND INTERNAL BODY STRUCTURES. AS THEY RELATE TO THE SKIN COVERING THEM.

MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY

EXAMINES STRUCTURES THAT CANNOT BE OBSERVED BY THE UNAIDED EYE, WHEN EXAMINING CELLS, OR THIN SLICES OF BODY PARTS, USING A MICROSCOPE.

ANOTHER EXAMPLE OF MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY.

HISTOLOGY-IS THE STUDY OF TISSUES.

SURGICAL ANATOMY

INVESTIGATES THE ANATOMIC LANDMARKS USED BEFORE AND AFTER SURGERY.

DEVELOPMENTAL ANATOMY

INVESTIGATES THE CHANGES IN STRUCTURE WITH AN INDIVIDUAL, FROM CONCEPTION THROUGH MATURITY.

GROSS ANATOMY

ALSO CALLED MACROSCOPIC ANATOMY, AND INVESTIGATES THE STRUCTURE, AND RELATIONSHIPS OF LARGE BODY PARTS, THAT ARE VISABLE TO THE UNAIDED EYE.

EMBRYOLOGY

CONCERNED SPECIFICALLY WITH DEVELOPMENTAL CHANGES OCCURRING PRIOR TO BIRTH.

COMPARATIVE ANATOMY

EXAMINES THE SIMILARITIES AND DIFFERENCES IN THE ANATOMY OF SPECIES.

SYSTEMIC ANATOMY

STUDIES THE GROSS ANATOMY OF EACH SYSTEM IN THE BODY. FOR EXAMPLE, URINARY SYSTEM WILL INVOLVE STUDYING THE KIDNEYS.

RADIOGRAPHIC ANATOMY

STUDIES THE RELATIONSHIPS AMONG INTERNAL STRUCTURES, USING SCANNING PROCEDURES SUCH AS:MRI,XRAYS AND ULTRASOUNDS.

PHYSIOLOGY

THE FUNCTION OF BODY STRUCTURES.

ANATOMY

THE STUDY OF STRUCTURE. DERIVED FROM GREEK AND MEANS, "TO CUT APART."