Dissection is the dismembering of the body of a deceased animal or plant to study its anatomical structure.
Dissection may also refer to:
dissection problem in geometry - Partitioning a geometric figure into smaller pieces that are rearranged into a new figure of equal content. hinged dissection - A kind of geometric dissection in which all of the pieces are connected into a chain by "hinged" points. Dissection into orthoschemes in geometry - An unsolved conjecture that every simplex can be dissected into orthoschemes. Dissection puzzle - A tiling puzzle, assembling a set of pieces to produce two or more distinct geometric shapes. Dissection (medical), a tear in a blood vessel Dissection (band), a Swedish extreme metal band Dissection (album), a 1997 Crimson Thorn album Dissected plateau, a plateau area Dissect (podcast), a music podcast Dissection (volcanology), a process of erosion exposing the inner structure of a volcano