4 - The Missing Piece: Psysiological Foundations

Question 0

Human physiology

Answer 0

The study of the physical and biochemical functions of the various structures of humans in good health

Question 1

Human anatomy

Answer 1

A branch of biology and medicine concerned with the structure or form of the human body

Question 2

Susruta Samhita

Answer 2

A Hindu manuscript dating back to 200 AD

It contains instructions for the dissection of the human body and a description of more than 100 surgical procedures

• cleft lip repair
• removal of kidney stones
• repair of intestinal tears
• tonsillectomy
• Caesarian sections

Question 3

Alcmaeon

Answer 3

Around 500 BC in Greece, he dissected animals to understand their anatomy…maintained that the brain was the center of intelligence

Question 4

Hippocrates

Answer 4

Promoted the idea of natural causes for illness and proposed anatomy should be the foundation for medicine

Question 5

Aristotle

Answer 5

Laid the groundwork for comparative psychology

Comparing the internal parts of humans to animals-most-like-humans would increase knowledge

Question 6

“On Anatomy”

Answer 6

Book written by Herophilus, who is often called the father of anatomy, around 300 BC Alexandria, Egypt in Ancient Greece

Question 7

Cranioscopy

Answer 7

Later renamed phrenology

Gall’s theory that one could determine intellectual and emotional faculties by examining the shape of the skull