Zootomy is a contraction of zoological and anatomy
Anatomy
Anatomy is a branch of biology that is the consideration of the body plan. It is a general term that includes human anatomy, animal anatomy and plant anatomy .... . It refers to the dissection of animal
Animal
Animals are a major group of multicellular, eukaryotic organisms of the Kingdom Animalia or Metazoa. Their body plan eventually becomes fixed as they develop, although some undergo a process of metamorphosis later on in their life.... s as opposed to that of plants (phytotomy
Plant anatomy
Plant Anatomy or phytotomy is the general term for the study of the internal Anatomy of plants. While originally it included plant morphology, which is the description of the physical form and external structure of plants, since the mid Twentieth Century the investigation of plant anatomy is considered a separate, distinct field, and re... )
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Zootomy is a contraction of zoological and anatomy
Anatomy
Anatomy is a branch of biology that is the consideration of the body plan. It is a general term that includes human anatomy, animal anatomy and plant anatomy .... . It refers to the dissection of animal
Animal
Animals are a major group of multicellular, eukaryotic organisms of the Kingdom Animalia or Metazoa. Their body plan eventually becomes fixed as they develop, although some undergo a process of metamorphosis later on in their life.... s as opposed to that of plants (phytotomy
Plant anatomy
Plant Anatomy or phytotomy is the general term for the study of the internal Anatomy of plants. While originally it included plant morphology, which is the description of the physical form and external structure of plants, since the mid Twentieth Century the investigation of plant anatomy is considered a separate, distinct field, and re... )
Androtomy is the dissection of the human body. The first recorded dissection of the human body in the Western world took place in ancient Alexandria by Herophilus and Erasistratus....
Cat anatomy is a branch of comparative vertebrate anatomy. Cat anatomy is especially helpful to the veterinarian surgeons, and also to the human surgeons, because of the cat's similarity with humans....
The anatomy of fish is primarily governed by the physical characteristics of water, which is much denser than air, holds a relatively small amount of dissolved oxygen, and absorbs light more than air does....
Bird anatomy, or the physiology of birds' bodies, shows many unique adaptations, mostly aiding bird flight. Birds have evolved a light skeletal system and light but powerful musculature which, along with circulatory and respiratory systems capable of very high metabolic rates and oxygen supply, permit the bird to fly....
The anatomy of spiders is in some aspects similar, but also different from that of other arthropods. The following characteristics are common to all spiders: A body with two Tagma , eight legs, spinnerets, no chewing parts, no wings, and the presence of chelicerae, which spiders use to hold prey, and in most cases, inject venom....
