Human anatomy

High school (ages 12+)
Human Body

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Step 1 · Read the article

Open the article and read it at the level above. Then answer the questions below in your own words.

https://smallwhale.org/articles/human-anatomy

Write what each word means, using the article.

Do not copy the article. Write two things you learned, the way you would explain them to a friend.

Answers below are taken from the article’s stored facts, so they match what the student read.

1. What is the core discipline?The scientific study of the morphology of the human body
2. What is the methodological evolution?Advanced from animal examination and cadaver dissection to complex 20th-century imaging techniques
3. What does the word "anatomy" mean?The word comes from Greek and means "dissection". It is the study of the body’s shape and parts.
4. What are the two main parts of anatomy?Anatomy is split into gross anatomy, which looks at parts you can see with your eyes, and microscopic anatomy, which studies tissues and cells.

Morphology: The study of the form and structure of organisms and their specific structural features.
Histology: The branch of biology concerned with the study of the microscopic anatomy of cells and tissues.
Cytology: The branch of biology concerned with the structure and function of cells.
Homologous Structures: Structures in different species that are similar because of common ancestry.