Intro to Anatomy Flashcards
Who is the first person to describe the human body, but actually dissected monkeys?
Gallen
Who is the first person to describe the human body through human dissection?
Andreas Vesalius
What did the muslim scholars do?
They wrote many books in different sciences including medicine They made original contributions in anatomical sciences
What was the anatomical description and the correction of the ureters? Who made them?
Galen - presence of a lid at the end of ureters Al-Razi - first to disprove presence of lid
What was the anatomical description and the correction of the eyes and vision? Who made them?
Greek scholars: light emanating from eyes not from the objects Ibn Al-Haytham: detailed anatomical description of eye with famous diagram of eye
Who drew figures of the skeletal system and nervous system?
Mansur ibn Ilyas
Facts!
Contributions bridged the gap between Eastern and Western sciences Anatomy was Galenic in general, but Muslim scholars made original significant contributions to discovery of human anatomy, even if there are obviously some errors in their descriptions.
Who recognized differences between people and groups?
Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans
Monkeys were seen in a positive way except where?
Except in Europe
Who provided more details of Apes in XVII century?
Tyson 1699
Who attributed psychology difference matching physical difference between human races?
Linnaeus
Anatomical traits, in the past, where used to show what?
That non-whites were more similar to apes than to whites
Who allowed non-whites and whites to both be associated with negative traits?
Darwin
What is one thing that led to World War II
Such racist ideas, particularly in beginning of XX century, contributed to eugenic theories were being more accepted
What is the Miscmeasuse of man?
The notion of “Influence of politics in science or influence of science in politics
Anatomical planes
Term of relationship
Terms of movement
