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Anatomy and Physiology Chapter 1 Flashcards

1
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Anatomy

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The study of form or structure

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Physiology

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The study of function

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Inspection

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looking at the body’s appearance

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Palpation

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feeling with hands

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Auscultation

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listening to body sounds

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Percussion

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taps on body, feel for abnormal resistance

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Cadaver Dissection

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cutting and separating tissues to reveal their relationships

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Comparative Anatomy

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study of more than one species to examine structural similarities and differences, analyze evolutionary trends

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Exploratory Surgery

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open the body and look inside to find whats wrong

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Medical Imaging

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view inside the body without opening, radiology

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Gross Anatomy

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study of structures with the naked eye

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Cytology

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study of structure and function of cells

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Histology

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Microscope Anatomy, exam cells with microscope

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Ultrastructure

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molecular detail, electron microscope

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Histopathology

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microscopic examination of tissues for signs of disease

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16
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Neurophysiology

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nervous system

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17
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Endocrinology

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hormones

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Pathophysiology

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disease

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Comparative Physiology

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study of how different species have solved problems of life

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Hippocrates

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“father” of medicine, Hippocratic code, urged physicians to seek for natural causes, rather than attribute to acts of god

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Aristotle

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one of 1st philosophers to write about physiology, theologi (supernatual), Physiology (natural), physical and physilogy

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Claudius Galen

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Physician to roman gladiators, wrote book to advise to trust own observations, animal dissections

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Maimonides

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Jewish Physician, Moses ben Maimon, wrote 10 influential medical texts, physician to Egyptian sultan Saladin

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Avicenna

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Ibn Sina, “Galen of Islam”, wrote Canon of Medicine

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Andreas Vesalius

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Taught anatomy, performed own dissections, 1st atlas of anatomy, 1543

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William Harvey

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Early physiologist, early studies on blood circulation, blood from heart and back, De Motu Cordis, Motion of Heart 1628

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Michael Servetus

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1st Western scientist to realize blood must circulate, heart-organs-heart

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Robert Hooke

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Improvements to compound microscope, first to see and name cells, “micrographia” 1665

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Antony van Leeuwenhoek

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Blood, lake water, sperm, bacteria

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Matthias Schleiden and Theodor Schwann

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Cell theory

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Cell Theory

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All organisms are composed of cells

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Francis Bacon and Rene Descartes

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Scientific Method, Philosophers, academies of science

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Inductive Method

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Francis Bacon

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Hypothetico-Deductive Method

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investigator begins by asking questions and forms a hypothesis

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Falsifiabilty

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if something is scientifically true, one must be able to provide evidence to falsify

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Experimental Design

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sample size, controls, psychosomatic effects,

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Charles Darwin

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Natural Selection(1859) Descent of Man(1871)

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Evolution

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change in genetic composition of organisms of population of organisms

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Natural Selection

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Some individuals within a species have hereditary advantage over competitors

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Adaptations

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features of anatomy, physiology, and behavior that have evolved in response to selection pressures and enable the organism to cope w/ challenges of environment

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Vestigial Organs

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remnants of organs that were better developed and more functional in ancestors of a species and now serve little or no purpose

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Australophicetus

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oldest bipedal primate

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Hierarchy of Complexity

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Organism-organ system, single complete indv.
Organ system- Organs, 
Organs- Tissues
tissues- cells
cells- organelles
organelles- molecules
molecules- atoms
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Reductionism

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theory that a large complex system like a body can be understood by studying it simpler components

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Holism

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Theory that “emergent properties” of whole organism cannot be predicted from properties of separate parts

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Characteristics of Life

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organization, cellular composition, metabolism, responsiveness and movement, homeostasis, development, reproduction, and evolution

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Homeostasis

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ability to detect change, activate mechanisms that oppose it, and maintain stability Claude Bernard and Walter Cannon

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Negative Feedback Loop

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body senses a change and activates mechanisms to achieve dynamic equilibrium

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Components of Negative Feedback Loop

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Receptor, Integrating Center, Effector

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Positive Feedback Loop

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Self amplifying cycle, greater change in the same direction

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Gradient

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difference in chemical concentration, electrical charge, physical pressure, temperature, or other between one point and another

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