Anatomy is the branch of morphology concerned with the study of the internal structure of organisms and their parts. Anatomy is a branch of natural science that deals with the structural organization of living things. It is an old science, having its beginnings in prehistoric times. Anatomy is inherently tied to developmental biology, embryology, comparative anatomy, evolutionary biology, and phylogeny, as these are the processes by which anatomy is generated, both over immediate and long-term timescales. Anatomy and physiology, which study the structure and function of organisms and their parts respectively, make a natural pair of related disciplines, and are often studied together. Human anatomy is one of the essential basic sciences that are applied in medicine, and is often studied alongside physiology.

ಅಂಗರಚನಾಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ ಎಂಬುದು ಜೀವಿಗಳ ರಚನೆ ಮತ್ತು ಅವುಗಳ ಭಾಗಗಳ ಅಧ್ಯಯನಕ್ಕೆ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದ ಜೀವಶಾಸ್ತ್ರ ಶಾಖೆಯಾಗಿದೆ. ಅಂಗರಚನಾವಿಜ್ಞಾನ (anatomy) ಜೀವಿಗಳ ದೇಹರಚನೆ ಕುರಿತ ಅಧ್ಯಯನ. ಅಂಗರಚನಾವಿಜ್ಞಾನದಲ್ಲಿ ಜೀವಿಗಳ ಆಕಾರ, ವಿವಿಧ ಅಂಗಗಳ ಜೋಡಣೆ, ಪರಸ್ಪರ ಸಂಬಂಧಗಳು, ವಿವಿಧ ಅಂಗಗಳು ಯಾವುದರಿಂದ ಮಾಡಲ್ಪಟ್ಟಿವೆಯೋ ಅವುಗಳ ಅಧ್ಯಯನ ಕೂಡಾ ಸೇರಿರುತ್ತದೆ.