Anatomy is the study of the structure of living things. It is key to medicine and other areas of health. Here, learn about the fields of anatomy and more.

Box 1. Types of bones . Long bones – typically longer than they are wide (such as humerus, radius, tibia, femur), they comprise a diaphysis (shaft) and epiphyses at the distal and proximal ends, ...

Gross anatomy reveals three-dimensional shapes of pathology at a large scale. Histology, in contrast, reveals the microscopic anatomy of biological structures. But that magnification comes at a ...

THE new edition of this well-known work of reference has been completely revised by Prof. Gatenby, who has had the assistance of experts in various branches of microscopical technique, and the ...