What is Gross Anatomy?

• A. The study of structures visible to the naked eye
• B. The study of tissues under microscope
• C. The science of disease causes
• D. The basic units of living matter

Answer: (A)

Gross anatomy focuses on the body's structures as you can see with the naked eye, such as bones, muscles, organs, and vessels, and on how these parts relate to one another within regions or systems. You study them directly—often by dissection or imaging like MRI or CT—to understand their form and their spatial relationships in the whole body. This contrasts with examining tissues under a microscope (histology), identifying disease causes (pathology/etiology), or studying the basic units of life (cells/cell biology).