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  2. Morphology (biology) - Wikipedia

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    The etymology of the word "morphology" is from the Ancient Greek μορφή (morphḗ), meaning "form", and λόγος (lógos), meaning "word, study, research". [2] [3]While the concept of form in biology, opposed to function, dates back to Aristotle (see Aristotle's biology), the field of morphology was developed by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1790) and independently by the German anatomist ...

  3. Comparative anatomy - Wikipedia

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    Comparative anatomy studies similarities and differences in organisms. The image shows homologous bones in the upper limb of various vertebrates.. Comparative anatomy is the study of similarities and differences in the anatomy of different species.

  4. Quizlet - Wikipedia

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    Quizlet's primary products include digital flash cards, matching games, practice electronic assessments, and live quizzes. In 2017, 1 in 2 high school students used Quizlet. [ 4 ] As of December 2021, Quizlet has over 500 million user-generated flashcard sets and more than 60 million active users.

  5. Gross anatomy - Wikipedia

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    Gross anatomy is the study of anatomy at the visible or macroscopic level. [1] [2] The counterpart to gross anatomy is the field of histology, which studies microscopic anatomy.

  6. Anatomy - Wikipedia

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    Anatomy (from Ancient Greek ἀνατομή (anatomḗ) 'dissection') is the branch of morphology concerned with the study of the internal structure of organisms and their parts. [2] Anatomy is a branch of natural science that deals with the structural organization of living things.

  7. Taxonomy (biology) - Wikipedia

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    This is sometimes credited to the development of sophisticated optical lenses, which allowed the morphology of organisms to be studied in much greater detail. One of the earliest authors to take advantage of this leap in technology was the Italian physician Andrea Cesalpino (1519–1603), who has been called "the first taxonomist". [ 42 ]

  8. Dispersion (chemistry) - Wikipedia

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    To understand the formation and properties of such dispersions (incl emulsions), it must be considered that the dispersed phase exhibits a "surface", which is covered ("wet") by a different "surface" that, hence, are forming an interface (chemistry). Both surfaces have to be created (which requires a huge amount of energy), and the interfacial ...

  9. Axial chirality - Wikipedia

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    Two types of molecules having axial chirality: allenes (left) and binaryl atropisomers (right) In chemistry, axial chirality is a special case of chirality in which a molecule contains two pairs of chemical groups in a non-planar arrangement about an axis of chirality so that the molecule is not superposable on its mirror image.