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noun

anatomy

the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals

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Six example sentences with anatomy, each labelled with its topic.

  • First-year students spend two terms on anatomy before they are allowed anywhere near a living patient.

    Medicine

  • Renaissance workshops taught anatomy alongside drawing, because a shoulder drawn without the muscle beneath it never convinces.

    Art

  • Comparative anatomy showed that a bat's wing and a whale's flipper share the same bones in different proportions.

    Science

  • Vesalius published his anatomy in 1543, correcting errors that had been copied from Galen for over a thousand years.

    History

  • Good trainers study anatomy so they know which muscle a squat is supposed to load and which one is cheating.

    Fitness

  • The app lets students rotate a three-dimensional anatomy model and peel away one layer of muscle at a time.

    Technology

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