Why Did Leonardo Da Vinci Study Anatomy

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How did Leonardo Da Vinci study anatomy?

Leonardo Da Vinci studied anatomy by drawing and sketching parts of the human body. As he was a successful artist he had access to the Renaissance hospitals and dissected corpses there. It had let him get a closer look at the body’s muscles, organs, bones and systems. Leonardo understood the systems well and drew them accurately apart from the female reproductive system. It is probably because it was hard to find female corpses to dissect. Da Vinci studied anatomy to improve his drawings of human forms and wanted to find how the body worked.

Who was the ‘Founder of Anatomy’?
The person known as the founder of anatomy is a guy by the name of Andreas Vesalius. He was born in December 1514 and was from