comparative anatomy

collocation in English

meaningsofcomparativeandanatomy

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comparative
adjective
uk
/kəmˈpær.ə.tɪv/us
/kəmˈper.ə.t̬ɪv/
comparing ...
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anatomy
noun
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/əˈnæt.ə.mi/us
/əˈnæt̬.ə.mi/
the scientific study of the body and how its parts ...
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Indeed, the science ofcomparativeanatomyas a whole was a misguided attempt to "coordinate and classify" the immensity of nature.
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During this period he occupied himself with investigations relating to histology,comparativeanatomy, general zoology and biology, and teratology.
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Here we have formulated a number of explanatory hypotheses, and tested them as far as current knowledge of phylogenetic relationships andcomparativeanatomyallow.
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The body could be male or female, and had to be of average age, so thatcomparativeanatomywas possible.
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Their celebrated friendship, which later became a bitter rivalry, remains inseparable from the conceptual foundations of the anatomical sciences, includingcomparativeanatomyand paleontology.
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Artistic expression could be studied like nature, that is, nature as it was now studied in the 'new' natural sciences: biology,comparativeanatomyand palaeontology.
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Thecomparativeanatomyof living animals suggests that the larynx evolved vocalization capabilities very late relative to the integrated and evolutionarily conserved autonomic nervous system that innervates it.
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Foucault sees classification as the methodology of naturalists giving way in the nineteenth century tocomparativeanatomy.
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Upon his return he used his expertise incomparativeanatomyand physiology to describe new species of apes, emphasizing the mechanisms of adaptability to arboreal life developed by some mammals.
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The focus of the faculty and students at that time studiedcomparativeanatomyand embryology of marine organisms.
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A common example ofcomparativeanatomyis the similar bone structures in forelimbs of cats, whales, bats, and humans.
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The term is not used incomparativeanatomy, since most other animals do not stand erect.
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His comparison of the skeleton of humans and birds is considered as a landmark incomparativeanatomy.
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Negus was also awarded several lectureships and published many medical papers and other works oncomparativeanatomyand laryngology.
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He is best known for his work incomparativeanatomyand his studies involving the eye.
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From that date his time and talents were exclusively devoted to the advancement ofcomparativeanatomyand physiology.
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Heidenhain is remembered for his work incomparativeanatomy, embryology and histology.
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There he began a course of lectures oncomparativeanatomyand physiology, in addition to the regular work of the professorship.
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Medical museums provided examples incomparativeanatomy, and were often used in teaching.
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In some of its facets, anatomy is related to embryology andcomparativeanatomy, which itself is closely related to evolutionary biology and phylogeny.
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