History of Physiology

Question 1

Knut Schmidt-Nielsen

Answer 1

Father of COMPARATIVE physiology

animals in harsh/unusual environments

Question 2

Hippocrates

Answer 2

Father of MEDICINE

Used careful observation

Question 3

Aristotle

Answer 3

Father of NATURAL HISTORY

Dissected dead animals for information

Question 4

Galen

Answer 4

First EXPERIMENTAL physiologist (vivisectionist)

Ran renal and vocal cord experiments

Question 5

Ibn al-Nafis

Answer 5

Studied anatomy of HEART and LUNGS

Question 6

Jean-Francois Fernal

Answer 6

Coined the term PHYSIOLOGY

Human health and disease

Question 7

Andreas Vesalius

Answer 7

Anatomy TEXTBOOK

Question 8

William Harvey

Answer 8

EPIGENESIS

Circulation of blood from heart through veins

Question 9

Boerhaave + von Haller

Answer 9

functions are combined of CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL processes

Question 10

Scheiden, Schwann, and Virchow

Answer 10

CELL THEORY

Question 11

Bernard

Answer 11

MILIEU INTERIOR (internal environment)

Found function of hemoglobin, pancreas, liver, and vaso-motor system

Question 12

Cannon

Answer 12

FIGHT OR FLIGHT response

Coined HOMEOSTASIS

Question 13

Scholander

Answer 13

COMPARATIVE physiology

diving response + cold environments

Question 14

Prosser

Answer 14

CENTRAL PATTERN GENERATORS

Question 15

Bartholomew

Answer 15

ECOLOGICAL physiology

Question 16

Hochachka

Answer 16

BIOCHEMICAL ADAPTATIONS