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History of Anatomy and Physiology Flashcards

1
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In what period is science the art of killing and not healing?

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Before Christ (BC)

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True or False. In primitive times, people believed that illness and diseases were a punishment from the Gods.

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True

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True or False. In primitive times, the first physicians were witch doctors who treated illness with ceremonies.

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True

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True or False. In primitive times, herbs and plants were 1st pharmaceuticals.

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True

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_______ was the first surgeries in primitive era, in which a hole is cut through the skull to release demons.

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trepanation

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True or False. In Egypt: 3000BC – 300BC, people wrote prescriptions on thin papers.

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False. Papyrus

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True or False. In Egypt: 3000BC – 300BC, priests hire physicians.

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False. Physicians ARE priests

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True or False. In Egypt: 3000BC – 300BC, temples were used as places of worships, medical schools, and hospitals.

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True

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In Egypt: 3000BC – 300BC, _______ would be use for bloodletting (draining human blood).

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Leeches

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True or False. In Egypt: 3000BC – 300BC, leeches that were used for bloodletting were painful.

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False. DOES NOT hurt because their saliva contains a natural anesthetic.

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They were the first to keep accurate health records.

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Egypt: 3000BC – 300BC

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In China: 2700 BC - 2600, it is the first anatomy book.

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Neiching

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True or False. In China: 2700 BC - 2600, religion prohibited dissection.

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True

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True or False. In China: 2700 BC - 2600, recorded a _______ of medications based on herbs

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pharmacopoeia

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True or False. In China: 2700 BC - 2600, religion prohibited acupuncture.

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False. Therapies included acupuncture

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What is the “Father of Indian Surgery” in India: 1000 BC

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Sushruta

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17
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True or False. In India: 1000 BC, Dhanvantri system of ayurvedic medicine.

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True

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True or False. In Greece: 1200BC – 200BC, they believed illness is a result of natural causes.

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True

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19
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They were the first to attempt to study objectively the human body.

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Greece: 1200BC – 200BC

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Regarded as the “Father of Medicine”; first to attempt to separate the practice of medicine from religion and superstition.

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Hippocrates

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21
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He named different arteries and veins and thought arteries contained air and veins carried blood.

22
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Known as the “Father of Anatomy”; encouraged the use of dissection in the study of anatomy and identified heart as the origin of the human pulse.

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Herophilus

23
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He believed that the heart is the center for intelligence and emotions.

24
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Notion of the Four Humors

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  1. Blood was thought to come from the heart
  2. Phlegm from the brain
  3. Yellow bile from the liver
  4. Black bile from the spleen
25
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Temperaments: (Hippocrates)

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1. sanguine (pleasure-seeking and
sociable)
2. choleric (ambitious and leader-like)
3. melancholic (introverted and
thoughtful)
4. phlegmatic (relaxed and quiet).
26
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True or False. In Rome, Italy: 129 – 201AD, it was proven that arteries carried blood and not air but never thought of pulmonary circulation.

27
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They believed that blood originated in the liver and flowed outwards to form the flesh.

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Rome, Italy: 129 – 201AD

28
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True or False. In the Dark Ages, medicine was practiced only in monasteries and convents.

29
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Sanitation was forgotten in this period and resulted in the spread of serious communicable
diseases

30
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It is called the bubonic plague.

A

The Black Death

31
Q

From the fall of Rome until the European Renaissance of the 15th century, the _______ was the
center of medical knowledge.

A

Islamic world

32
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The period wherein stigma attached to dissection of the dead was overcome, allowing advancement of knowledge in anatomy and physiology.

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Renaissance Period

33
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The greatest anatomist of his time (renaissance period).

A

Leonardo da Vinci

34
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Who was regarded with the folllowing?

  1. Father of modern anatomy
  2. Greatest anatomist
  3. Discarded all previous theories
  4. “De humani corporis fabrica”
A

Andreas Vesalius

35
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Showed that the heart is a double pump and how blood actually circulates.

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William Harvey

36
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William Harvey’s “De Motu Cordis” means?

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on the motion of heart and blood

37
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They own a lodging house and if there is an old or sick person come they kill them and sold the dead body to an anatomist or medical school.

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Hare and Burke

38
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Period wherein there were many body snatchers.

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1750-1832AD

39
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Who is this scientist?

  1. Father of Genetics
  2. Austrian monk and Biologist
  3. work in heredity become the basis of the modern theory of genetics
A

Gregor Mendel

40
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He proposed the Theory of Evolution: “All species of life have descended over time from common ancestors.”

A

Charles Darwin

41
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Who is this scientist?

  1. Invented X-Ray
  2. 1st Nobel Prize in Physics in 1901
A

Wilhelm Von Roentgen

42
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Discovered the double helical structure of the DNA molecules

A

Watson and Crick

43
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The _______________ were the first healers within the tribal communities of ancient
Philippines.

A

Philippine shamans or babaylans

44
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10 - categories of folk doctors in the Philippines:

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  1. the babaylan (“religious leader”),
  2. the albularyo,
  3. the manghihilot or hilot (the traditional “massage therapists”),
  4. the magpapaanak (the traditional “midwife”, also sometimes called a hilot),
  5. the mangluluop,
  6. the manghihila,
  7. the mangtatawas,
  8. the mediko,
  9. the faith healer,
  10. the local shaman healers (such as those that are from the Cordilleras).
45
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Tools that improve the study of Anatomy and Physiology

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  1. TEM (Transmission Electron Microscope)
  2. X-RAY
  3. CAT or CT-Scan (Computed Axial Tomography)
  4. PET (Positron Emission Tomography)
  5. Endoscopy
46
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Improved microscopy

A

TEM (Transmission Electron Microscope)

47
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Important tool in viewing hard organs such as bones

48
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Converts x-rays to digital info and is better for soft tissue.

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CAT or CT-Scan (Computed Axial Tomography)

49
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Radioactive substances are injected and detected

through its emitted radiation and can different cancer and normal soft tissues.

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PET (Positron Emission Tomography)

50
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Aid in operation with minor incision

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