anatomy, anatomse

[In Sw. & Dan. anatomi; Ger. & Fr. anatomie; Sp. & Ital. an a tomia; Latin an a tomia, anatomic a, an a to mice. From Gr. ἀνατομή (an a to me) = a Akin to Comparative Anatomy are Physio logical Anatomy , defined by Todd and Bowman ( Anat ., vol. i., p. 28) as "that kind of anatomy which investigates structure, with a special view to function," .; Transcendental 206 Anatomy, which inquires into the plan or model on which the animal structure and its several parts have been framed. 2. Vegetable Anatomy: The similar di ection of a plant, or any part of it, to ascertain its structure. It is sometimes called also Phytotomy (q. v.). little was known of vegetable physiology. nothing of vegetable anatomy ." -Lindley: Introd. to Bot. (3rd ed., 1839), Pref. II. Art : 1. The art described under A., I. 1 (q.v.). 2. Artificial anatomy: The art of making models in wax, or some similar material, of the several parts of the frame in health and disease.