Anatomy, a field in the biological sciences concerned with the identification and description of the body structures of living things. Gross anatomy involves the study of major body structures by dissection and observation and in its narrowest sense is concerned only with the human body.
There are several branches or types of anatomy including gross anatomy, microscopic anatomy, human anatomy, phytotomy, zootomy, embryology, and comparative anatomy. Each branch is focused on a specific part of the study of anatomy. Anatomy has a long and rich history dating back several centuries.
