Human anatomy or anthropotomy is a special field within anatomy.
It studies structures and systems of the human body, leaving the study of tissues to histology and cells to cytology.
The human body, like the bodies of all animals, consists of systems, that consist of organs, that consist of tissues, that consist of cells.
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