Why can an injective function be an Submanifold?

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For $2$ manifolds $M,N$ with dimension $m>n$, the analytical injective function $i:N\rightarrow M$ is called analytical embedding and $i(N)$ is called Submanifold.

From the definition of manifolds a function must be a Homeomorphism in order to be a manifold which means the function musst be a bijection (along with some other criterias).

So I don't understand why an injective function can be a Submanifold?