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Dissection is usually the process of disassembling something to determine its internal structure and as an aid to discerning the function and relationships of its components. It may refer also to some spontaneous natural process of dissasembly as in aortic dissection.Dissection is usually applied to the examination of plants and animals. The term is also used (less appropriately) to mechanisms, computer programs, written materials, etc., where more specific terms should be used, such as reverse engineering and literary deconstruction. Dissection is usually performed by students in courses of biology, botany and anatomy and in association with medical and arts studies.
Vivisection literally refers to the dissection of a living animal, often for the purposes of physiological investigation. However, in modern parlance the term usually refers to any type of experimentation in which animals are injured, with or without actual dissection.
Dissection is often performed as a part of determining a cause of death in autopsy (on humans) and necropsy (on animals) and is an intrinsic part of forensic medicine, such as would be practiced by a coroner.
For an example of the dissection of a frogA frog is a fresh-water amphibian which changes from a tadpole and is of the family Ranidae in the Order Anura. They are closely related to toads. The Ranidae are sometimes called the "true frogs" since a few members of other families also have common nam see this external link: http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/go/frog/
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Dissection is a well-known melodic black metalBlack metal is a subgenre of heavy metal music. Death metal is often closely related. Black metal has proven somewhat difficult to categorize. Some fans and musicians have a firm concept of genre and subgenre, but others reject such categorization as limi band from SwedenThe Kingdom of Sweden Konungariket Sverige in Swedish) is a Nordic country in Scandinavia, in Northern Europe. It is bordered by Norway on the west, Finland on the northeast, the Skagerrak and the Kattegat on the southwest, and the Baltic Sea and the Gulf; see Dissection (band)Dissection is a well-known Swedish melodic black metal band. The group was formed in 1989 by guitarist and vocalist Jon Nodveidt. In 1997, Nodveidt was convicted for murder and was recently released in 2004. Currently the band has plans for a third album.
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