Also known as: anat.
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Anatomy is the branch of biology concerned with the study of the structure of animals and their parts, it is also referred to as zootomy to separate it from human anatomy. In some of its facets, anatomy is related to embryology and comparative anatomy, which itself is closely related to evolutionary biology and phylogeny. Human anatomy is one of the basic essential sciences of medicine.
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