[ **up: [[Morphology]]** ] --- # Anatomy & physiology - **Anatomy** is the study of the form/composition of a body’s parts. - **Physiology** studies how those parts function/relate to each other.[^1][^2] Put together, anatomy + physiology = the study of the body’s form and functions. - Anatomy is a branch of [[Morphology]].[^1] - Physiology “explains how the structures of the body work together to maintain life.”[^2] - “It is difficult to study structure (anatomy) without knowledge of function (physiology) and vice versa.”[^2] --- - [[Reproduction and reproductive systems]] - [[Do snakes have ears (and how do they hear)？|Do snakes have ears? How do they hear?]] + [[Horns and antlers]] [^1]: Anne Marie Helmenstine, ‘Difference Between Anatomy and Physiology’, *ThoughtCo.*, updated 3 July 2019, https://www.thoughtco.com/difference-between-anatomy-and-physiology-4147571. [^2]: Lindsay M. Biga, et al., ‘1.1. How Structure Determines Function’, in *Anatomy & Physiology* (Corvallis, OR: Oregon State University, 2019), https://open.oregonstate.education/aandp/chapter/1-1-how-structure-determines-function/.