See also:

• ANATOMY
• ANATOMY (Gr. avaroyil, from ava-silo c', to cut up)

ANATOMY (Gr. avaroyil, from See also:

• AVA

ava-silo c', to cut up)  , literally See also:

• DISSECTION (from Lat. dissecare, to cut apart)

dissection or cutting asunder, a See also:

• TERM

term always used to denote the study of the structure of living things; thus there is See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal See also:

• ANATOMY
• ANATOMY (Gr. avaroyil, from ava-silo c', to cut up)

anatomy (zootomy) and See also:

• VEGETABLE

vegetable anatomy (phytotomy) . Animal anatomy may include the study of the structure of different animals, when it is called See also:

• COMPARATIVE

comparative anatomy or animal See also:

• MORPHOLOGY, (Gr. yopdsil, form)

morphology, or it may be limited to one animal only, in which See also:

• CASE
• CASE, JOHN (d. 1600)

case it is spoken of as See also:

• SPECIAL

special anatomy . From a utilitarian point of view the study of See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

Man is the most important See also:

• DIVISION (from Lat. dividere, to break up into parts, separate)

division of special anatomy, and this human anatomy may be approached from different points of view . From that of the medical man it consists of a knowledge of the exact See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form, position, See also:

• SIZE

size and relationship of the various structures of the human See also:

• BODY

body in See also:

• HEALTH

health, and to this study the term descriptive or topographical human anatomy is given, though it is often, less happily, spoken of as Anthropotomy . An accurate knowledge of all the details of the human body takes years of patient observation to gain and is possessed by only a few . So intricate is man's body that only a small number of professional human anatomists are See also:

• COMPLETE

complete masters of all its details, and most of them specialize on certain parts, such as the See also:

• BRAIN (A.S. braegen)

brain, viscera, &c.; contenting themselves with a See also:

• GOOD, JOHN MASON (1764-1827)

good working knowledge of the See also:

• REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest . Topographical anatomy must be learned by each See also:

• PERSON, OFFENCES AGAINST THE

person for himself by the repeated dissection and inspection of the dead human body . It is no more a See also:

• SCIENCE (Lat. scientia, from scire; to learn, know)

science than a See also:

• PILOT

pilot's knowledge is, and, like that knowledge, must be exact and available in moments of emergency . From the morphological point of view, however, human anatomy is a scientific and fascinating study, having for its See also:

• OBJECT

object the See also:

• DISCOVERY

discovery of the causes which have brought about the existing structure of Man, and needing a knowledge of the allied sciences of See also:

• EMBRYOLOGY

embryology or ontogeny, phylogeny and See also:

• HISTOLOGY
• HISTOLOGY (Gr. Ler6c, web, tissue, properly the web-beam of the loom, from iQravai, to make to stand)

histology . Pathological or morbid anatomy is the study of diseased See also:

• ORGANS

organs, while sections of normal anatomy, applied to various purposes, receive special names such as medical, surgical, gynaecological, See also:

• ARTISTIC

artistic and superficial anatomy . The comparison of the anatomy of different races of mankind is See also:

• PART

part of the science of See also:

• PHYSICAL

physical See also:

• ANTHROPOLOGY (Gr. avOpw1ror man, and Xoyos, theory or science)

anthropology or anthropological anatomy . In the See also:

• PRESENT

present edition of this See also:

• WORK

work the subject of anatomy is treated systematically rather than topographically .

Each anatomical See also:

• ARTICLE (from Lat. articulus, a joint)

article contains first a description of the structures of an See also:

• ORGAN

organ or See also:

• SYSTEM

system (such as nerves, See also:

• ARTERIES (Gr. ap-rnpia, probably from a"spew, to raise, but popularly connected by the ancients with ai7P, air)

arteries, See also:

• HEART
• HEART, LUNG

heart, &c.), as it is found in Man; and this is followed by an See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the development or embryology and comparative anatomy or morphology, as far as vertebrate animals are concerned; but only those parts of the See also:

• LOWER

lower animals which are of See also:

• INTEREST

interest in explaining Man's structure are here dealt with . The articles have a twofold purpose; first, to give enough details of man's structure to make the articles on See also:

• PHYSIOLOGY (from Gr. 4 i s, nature, and koyos, discourse)

physiology, See also:

• SURGERY
• SURGERY (Fr. chirurgie, from Gr. Xetpoupyfa, i.e. hand-work)

surgery, See also:

• MEDICINE

medicine and See also:

• PATHOLOGY (from Gr. raBos, suffering)

pathology intelligible; and, secondly, to give the non-See also:

• EXPERT (Lat. expertus, from experiri, to try)

expert inquirer, or the worker in some other See also:

• BRANCH (from the Fr. branche, late Lat. branca, an animal's paw)

branch of science, the See also:

• CHIEF (from Fr. chef, head, Lat. caput)

chief theories on which the See also:

• MODERN

modern scientific groundwork of anatomy is built . The following See also:

• SEPARATE

separate anatomical articles will be found under their own headings: Alimentary See also:

• CANAL
• CANAL (from Lat. canalis, " channel " and " kennel " being doublets of the word)

canal . Arteries . Brain . Coelom and serous membranes . Connective tissues . See also:

• DIAPHRAGM (Gr. Scat/pay,aa, a partition)

Diaphragm . Ductless glands . See also:

• EAR (common Teut.; O.E. are, Ger. Ohr, Du. oor, akin to Lat. auris, Gr. ovs)

Ear . See also:

• EPITHELIAL, ENDOTHELIAL

Epithelial, endothelial and glandular tissues . See also:

• EYE
• EYE (O. Eng. edge, Ger. Auge; derived from an Indo-European root also seen in Lat. oc-ulus, the organ of vision (q.v.)

Eye .

Heart . See also:

• JOINTS

Joints . See also:

• LIVER (O. Eng. lifer; cf. cognate forms, Dutch lever, Ger. Leber, Swed. lefver, &c.; the O. H. Ger. forms are libara, lipora, &c.; the Teut. word has been connected with Gr. i'prap and Lat. jecur)

Liver . Lymphatic system . Mammary gland . Mouth and salivary glands . See also:

• MUSCULAR

Muscular system .