Exam 1 Flashcards
Looking at the body appearance e.x. Examinations
Inspection
Structure with hands e.x. Taking pulse and swollen lymph nodes
Palpation
Listening to natural sounds e.x. Heart beat and lungs
Auscultation
Taps body for abnormal resistance and listens for sounds e.x. Pockets of fluid,air,and scar tissue
Percussion
What is cadaver dissection?
Also known as anatomizing, it reveals the relationship between cutting and separating tissues.
The study of more than one species in order to examine structural similarities and differences to analyze evolutionary trends
Comparative anatomy
Anatomy is the study of
Form
Opening the body to see what is wrong e.x. Common to diagnose disorders
Exploratory surgery
Methods of viewing the body without surgery e.x. Radiology
Medical imaging
Can be seen with the naked eye without magnification
Gross anatomy
Study of structure and function of individual cells
Cytology
The study of microscopic structure of tissues
Histology (microscopic anatomy)
Fine detailed, molecular level with an electron microscope
Ultrastructure
Examine tissues for signs of disease
Histopathology
Physiology is the study of
Function
Sub-disciplines of physiology
Neuro,endocrine, and patho (disease)
What has limitations on human experimentation and is the basis for new drug developments and medical procedures?
Comparative physiology. We study different species to learn about bodily functions, e.x. Animal surgery and drug trials
Father of medicine,Hippocratic oath, and urged people to not link illness to gods or demons but natural occurrence
Hippocrates
Diseases and natural events could be caused by the supernatural (theologi) or natural (phsysici).
Complex structure are built from simple components
Aristotle
Wrote the first medical textbook
Cadaver dissections we’re banned so animals were used,hence he guessed the human anatomy
Science is a method of discovery not facts from faith
Advised followed to trust their own observations as he could be unreliable/wrong
Galen
1st to coin the term anatomy
Dissected aborted fetuses
Later only dissected animals because of the fear of the gods
Diocles of Carystus
Great anatomist
Vivisections on prisoners
Herophilus
Wrote 10 influential medical texts and became a physician to Egyptian sultan Saladin
Maimonides
“Galen of Islam”; combined Galen and Aristotle findings with own findings.
Wrote “Canon of Medicine” which was used in medical schools for some time
Avicenna