Chapter 1 - Introduction to Physiology

Question 1

How has our understanding of physiology changed throughout the years?

Answer 1

Overall, it is increasing. But it is a spiky graph because sometimes we learn that we were wrong about something

Question 2

What are emergent properties?

Answer 2

Not a property of any single component of the system and is greater than the simple sum of its parts.

Question 3

Briefly describe the beginnings of medicine.

Answer 3

• Physicians in Mesopotomia and Egypt sold herbal drugs, salts and physical therapy (3000 yrs ago)
• Greek physician Hippocrates (430 BC) established code of ethics and figure out cause of diseases
• Aristotle (330 BC) “physiologi” and complex structures made of smaller
• Galen (170 AD) physician of roman gladiators. Animal dissections. Wrote book. Science = discovery

Question 4

How were the middle ages in regards to medicine?

Answer 4

Very slow. Nothing new being found out.

Question 5

What was an important book for medicine that was used and for how long? Who wrote it?

Answer 5

Avicenna from Muslim world

wrote the Canon of Medicine (used until 16th century)

Question 6

What was special about Vesalius?

Answer 6

He made an accurate gross anatomy textbook. “Father of Anatomy”. Before him, teachers sucked.

Question 7

Who was Harvey?

Answer 7

He discovered that blood is in a closed system.

Question 8

Which people came after Harvey?

Answer 8

Leuwenhook, Hooke and Zeiss, Schleiden and Schwann