You’re reading this book, so you’re probably embarking on a career in medicine and healthcare. That means you need to know how the human body works, and you also need to know how to find and examine the parts of the body. This chapter introduces you to the concept of clinical anatomy and how it compares with other ways to look at anatomy.
Studying the Body in Different Ways
Anatomy is the study of the tissues, organs, and other structures of the body, and it’s often combined with physiology, which describes how the body parts function. We present the info in this book from a clinical perspective, but the following sections describe multiple ways that people in medical fields study and discuss the body.
