B02 - The Roots of Biology

Question 1

traits that were selected during plant domestication

Answer 1

• larger seed size
• the ability for a plant to shatter its seeds
• seeds growing in temperate climates need dormancy
• self-pollination
• take out the toxins
• gluten

Question 2

Early subdivisions of Medicine

Answer 2

• pharmacology
• surgery
• magic and religion

Question 3

What did Imhotep study

Answer 3

architect, physician, polymath

Question 4

Edwin Smith Papyrus

Answer 4

the world’s oldest medical treatise

• -> diagnosis of military injuries
• -> shows knowledge of anatomy
• -> speculates about physiology
• -> not many drugs used

Question 5

Ebers Papyrus

Answer 5

• -> contains both practical advice and magic
• -> there are over 700 drugs and formulas given
• -> hard to determine what these drugs are cause it is hard to translate

Question 6

most important medical text of China

Answer 6

The yellow emperor’s inner cannon

Question 7

what did the yellow emperor’s inner cannon consist of

Answer 7

• illness is the result of natural causes, not demons or other supernatural phenomena
• -> illness can result from the disruption of flow (chi)
• -> imbalances of yin and yang can also lead to illness. Yin - female yang - male
• -> the body is a microcosm that reflects the world as a whole, the macrocosm
• -> as a result of the microcosm/macrocosm correspondence, nature’s 5 phases (5 elements) - wood, fire, earth, metal, water