Test 1 Flashcards
What is health?
Optimal State of Physical and Mental Well being
Homeostasis
Key concept of physical and mental wellbeing
Philosophy of Palmer
The human body is intelligent and is capable of maintaining homeostasis
4 Type of tissue
Nervous
Muscular
Connective
Epithelial
Hierarchy of human organism
Atoms-> Molecules-> ->MacroMolecules -> tiny organelles-> Cells(smallest unit that can preform the basic functions of life)-> Tissue-> Organs-> Organ System-> Body
Nervous tissue parts and their percentage
Neurons 60%
Neuroglia 40%
What are the functions of a neuron
About 100 billion of the bodies 1 trillion cells
Translate stimuli and generate potential
Phusiologia
Knowledge of nature
Chemical and physical processes that account for life’s functions
Hippocrates
Belived in the natural ability of the body to heal itself.”in disease, look to the spine first”
Aristotle
Supernatural - theologi
Natural - physiologi
Herophilus
Dissected live criminals
Claudius Galen
Blood not air through the heart
sensory and motor function
Middle ages
Dark ages, little science
Supernatural = theology
Ibn Sina
The Canon of Medicine
William Harvey
Cardiovascular system expert
Arteries and Veins (Circulatory system)