True possums are found only in Australia and some of the islands of Oceania. They are quite different to the North American opossum. Possums live in trees hollows and logs in their natural habitat, which is bushland, wet sclerophyll forest and tall eucalypt forest, and temperate rainforest.
Dissect definition, to cut apart (an animal body, plant, etc.) to examine the structure, relation of parts, or the like. See more.
Full Definition of ANATOMY. 1. : a branch of morphology that deals with the structure of organisms. 2. : a treatise on anatomical science or art.3. : the art of separating the parts of an organism in order to ascertain their position, relations, structure, and function: dissection.4.obsolete: a body dissected or to be dissected.ull Definition of ANATOMY. 1. : a branch of morphology that deals with the structure of organisms. 2. : a treatise on anatomical science or art.