What does anatomy study?

• A. The structure of body parts and their relationships to one another.
• B. The function of the body, in other words, how the body parts work and carry out life-sustaining activities.
• C. The development of organisms after birth.
• D. The chemical processes inside cells.

Answer: (A)

Anatomy studies the structure of the body and how its parts relate to one another. It focuses on where things are, what they look like, and how organs and tissues are arranged within the body’s spaces. This is about the body’s layout and form, not how it works. For example, you’d learn the heart’s location relative to the lungs and diaphragm, and how various parts connect to form body systems. The other topics cover function (how parts work to sustain life), development after birth, and the chemical processes inside cells, which are outside the scope of anatomy.