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An index of tropes about the [[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/anatomy anatomy]] (i.e. bodily ''form'' and ''structure'') of any living thing, or at least an approximation of one. Contrast PhysiologyTropes, which is about the [[http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/anatomy physiology]] (i.e., bodily ''functions'' and ''activities'') of living beings.

Compare PersonalAppearanceTropes, AgingTropes, CostumeTropes, BodyImageTropes.
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!!Tropes:
[[index]]
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Categories:
+ AnatomyAgony
+ AnatomyArsenal
+ AnatomyOfMetal
+ AppearanceAngst
+ ArtisticLicenceAnatomy
+ AutonomousAndArtificialAppendageIndex
+ BizarreAlienBiology
+ BloodyTropes
+ BodyHorror
+ BodyLanguage
+ CantStomachThisIndex
+ DeadBodyIndex
+ DexterityTropes
+ EarTropes
+ EvilIsVisceral
+ EyeTropes
+ FaceOfTheIndex
+ FineFeatheredTropes
+ HandTropes
+ HairTropes
+ MouthfulOfIndex
+ MuscularIndex
+ NeckTropes
+ NoseTropes
+ NoNudityTaboo
+ NudityTropes
+ PhallicIndex
+ ScarTropes
+ SensoryIndex
+ ShellTropes
+ SkeletalTropes
+ SmileTropes
+ SpareBodyParts
+ StayAheadOfThisIndex
+ StuffyOldTropesAboutTheButtocks
+ TailOfTheIndex
+ TakeTheseTropesToHeart
+ TeethTropes
+ TheseTropesAreMadeForWalking (half are about feet)
+ ThisIsYourBrainOnTropes
+ ThisIndexHasHorns
+ TropesOutOnALimb
+ WingedTropes
+ TheWorldsBreastTropes
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* AbnormalLimbRotationRange
* AnimationAnatomyAging
* AnthropomorphizedAnatomy: Bodily organs or cells are depicted as AnthropomorphicPersonifications.
* ArmlessBiped: A two-legged creature that lacks arms.
* ArtificialLimbs
* BackgroundBodyPart: Using cinematography and framing with other objects in the scene to make it look like a character has an extra body part, like a tail.
* BarbieDollAnatomy: When naked, a character doesn't have visible genitals and/or nipples.
* TheBodyPartsThatMustNotBeNamed
* BodyPocket
* ClothingAppendage: A character's "clothes" are actually part of their body.
* CreepyAsymmetry: Something about this character's body is uneven and unnerving.
* CurvesInAllTheRightPlaces
* DismembermentIsCheap
* ElongatingArmGag
* ExtendableArms
* GagLips
* GemTissue
* GroinAttack: Suffering an injury in the crotch.
* HavingAHeart
* {{Hermaphrodite}}: Having both male and female genitalia.
* ICallHimMisterHappy: Naming your genitals.
* ImpossibleHourglassFigure: A female has an unrealistically narrow waist and unrealistically large breasts and hips.
* InjuredLimbEpisode
* InvisibleAnatomy
* LimbSensationFascination
* MonsterModesty
* NoBiologicalSex
* OddOrganUpTop: When a different body part or organ is serving as a head.
* OrificeEvacuation
* OrificeInvasion
* RetractableAppendages
* RibcageStomach
* RubberFace
* RubberHoseLimbs
* SquishTheCheeks
* StomachOfHolding
* SuddenAnatomy: Character is suddenly depicted with a body part they usually don't seem to have.
* SymbolFace: The biological variant, where a character somehow has a symbol as a face.
* TreasureChestCavity
* TripleNipple: Someone has a third nipple.
* UselessSpleen
* WearingItAllWrong: Someone wears a garment on the wrong body part.
* WhoNeedsTheirWholeBody
[[/index]]

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