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Different types of anatomy. 1  Gross anatomy involves anything that could be seen with your unaided eye. 2  Surface anatomy is a subset of gross anatomy that is anything that can be revealed on the skin. 3  Microscopic anatomy is known as histology which is the study of tissues.
Embryology, also known as developmental anatomy, which is the study of embryo development from a single-celled zygote to a fully formed fetus. Gross anatomy, or the branch of anatomy has a large-scale focus on organs and body structures as a whole. Zootomy, or the anatomical study of animals. Phytotomy, or the anatomical study of plants. Human anatomy, also known as anthropotomy, which is the anatomical study of the human body. Comparative anatomy, or the comparative study of the anatomy of different organisms. Now that we know what anatomy is, let's explore some major events that resulted in the expansion of this field in the 17th and 18th centuries. History: Egyptians & Greco-Romans