Anatomy vs. Physiology — What's the Difference?

Anatomy (Greek anatomē, 'dissection') is the branch of biology concerned with the study of the structure of organisms and their parts. Anatomy is a branch of natural science which deals with the structural organization of living things.

Physiology (; from Ancient Greek φύσις (physis) 'nature, origin', and -λογία (-logia) 'study of') is the scientific study of functions and mechanisms in a living system. As a sub-discipline of biology, physiology focuses on how organisms, organ systems, individual organs, cells, and biomolecules carry out the chemical and physical functions in a living system.

The bodily structure of a plant or an animal or of any of its parts.

The biological study of the functions of living organisms and their parts.

The science of the shape and structure of organisms and their parts.

All the functions of a living organism or any of its parts.

A treatise on anatomic science.

A branch of biology that deals with the functions and activities of life or of living matter (as organs, tissues, or cells) and of the physical and chemical phenomena involved.

Dissection of a plant or animal to study the structure, position, and interrelation of its various parts.

(obsolete) The study and description of natural objects; natural science.

A skeleton.

The science which treats of the phenomena of living organisms; the study of the processes incidental to, and characteristic of, life.

The human body.

A treatise on physiology.

A detailed examination or analysis

The branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms

The art of studying the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy.

Processes and functions of an organism

The science that deals with the form and structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization.

(countable) A treatise or book on anatomy.

(by extension) The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts.

(colloquial) The form of an individual.

(euphemism) The human body, especially in reference to the private parts.

(archaic) A skeleton, or dead body.

The physical or functional organization of an organism, or part of it.

The art of dissecting, or artificially separating the different parts of any organized body, to discover their situation, structure, and economy; dissection.

The science which treats of the structure of organic bodies; anatomical structure or organization.

A treatise or book on anatomy.

The act of dividing anything, corporeal or intellectual, for the purpose of examining its parts; analysis; as, the anatomy of a discourse.

A skeleton; anything anatomized or dissected, or which has the appearance of being so.

The branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals

Alternative names for the body of a human being;

A detailed analysis;