Anatomy and Physiology

• ANATOMY - the study of the structure of the body parts and their relationships
• PHYSIOLOGY - study of the function of the structures
• Form Fits Function
• Subdivisions of Anatomy

  1.MACROSCOPIC (GROSS) ANATOMY

  2.Regional Anatomy

  3.Surface Anatomy

  4.MICROSCOPIC ANATOMY

  5.Cytology

  6.Histology
• Cytology is the study of cells.
• Histology is the study of tissues.
• There are 4 basic types of tissue: connective tissue, epithelial tissue, muscle tissue, and nervous tissue.