According to the principle of complementarity, how does anatomy relate to physiology?

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Welcome back. Let's look at our next question. Which of the following statements is true about anatomy and physiology. Choice. A anatomy and physiology. Both refer to the internal and external structures of the body and their physical relationships. B anatomy refers to the internal and external structures of the body while physiology refers to their functions. Choice, C anatomy is concerned with the physical relationships of body structures. While physiology is concerned with their chemical composition and choice. D anatomy and physiology, both refer to the functions of the body's internal and external structures. Well, we can recall the definition of these two and that anatomy is a study of structures, both internal and external of the body. So their physical composition and uh what kind of T cells are composed of, et cetera, et cetera and physiology is the study of the functions of those structures. So in anatomy, you would look at lungs, what kind of tissue are they made of? How are they structured? You have Veli you have different veins and arteries. Whereas in physiology, you would look at how do the lungs perform their job of respiration? What are the functions that are happening? What are the dynamic uh things that are occurring to help the lungs carry out their function. So when we look at our answer choices that matches choice, B, anatomy refers to the internal and external structures of the body while physiology refers to their functions. So in choice, A, this doesn't distinguish between anatomy and physiology. It says that they both return refer to the structures of the body. In choice. C uh It has a correct description of anatomy but says that physiology is concerned with the chemical composition of the structures of the body. The chemical composition would be a part of function, but you want something more dynamic as the study of physiology. So choice C is not our answer. And Choice D incorrectly describes them as both referring to the functions of the body structures. That's only physiology. So that's why choice D is incorrect. So again, which statement is true about anatomy and physiology? Choice B anatomy is about internal and external structures of the body. Physiology, about the functions of those structures. See you in the next video.