Test Bank: Anatomy and Physiology the Unity of Form and Function 10th Edition Saladin

Test BankAnatomy and Physiology the Unity of Form and Function 9th Edition Saladin 

Anatomy The study of structure

Physiology The study of function

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Inspection

Simply looking at the body's appearance

Palpation

Feeling a structure with the hands, such as palpating a swollen lymph node or taking a pulse

Auscultation

listening to the natural sounds made by the body, such as heart and lung sounds

Percussion

Examiner taps on the body, feels for abnormal resistance and listens to the emitted sound for signs of abnormalities such as pockets of fluid or air

Dissection

Carefully cutting and separating tissues to reveal their relationships

Cadaver

A dead human body

Comparative Anatomy

The study of multiple species in order to examine similarities and differences and analyze evolutionary trends

Exploratory Surgery

Opening the body and taking a look inside to see what was wrong and what could be done about it. Any breach of the body cavities is risky, however, and most exploratory surgery has now been replaced by medical imaging techniques

Medical Imaging

Methods of viewing the inside of the body without surgery

Radiology

Branch of medicine concerned with imaging

Gross Anatomy

Structure that can be seen with the naked eye

Histology

Microscopic anatomy. Take a tissue sample, stain it and review it under a microscope

Histopathology

The microscopic examination of tissues for signs of disease

Cytology

The study of the structure and function of individual cells

Ultrastructure

Refers to the fine details, down to the molecular level, which are revealed by an electron microscope

Comparative Physiology

The study of how different species have solved problems of life such as water balance, respiration and reproduction

Anatomy is the structure and physiology is the function. They support eachother b/c when you study a structure, you should know what it does and why it is possible.

What is the difference between anatomy and physiology? How do these two sciences support each other?

Cell Theory

Theory that all life is composed of cells.

Scientific method

refers less to observational procedures than to certain habits of disciplined creativity, careful observation, logical thinking, and honest analysis of one's observations and conclusions.

Inductive Method

A process of making numerous observations until one feels confident in drawing generalizations and predictions from them

Hypothetico-deductive Method

Most physiological knowledge was obtained by this type of scientific method. Start by asking a question and formulating a hypothesis that is consistent with what is already known and capable of being tested and possibly falsified by evidence.

Falsifiability

If we claim that something is scientifically true, we must be able to specify what evidence it would take to prove it wrong.

Psychosomatic Effects

Effects of the subject's state of mind on his or her physiology

Placebo

A substance with no significant physiological effect on the body

Fact

Information that can be verified by any trained person (i.e. the fact that an iron deficiency leads to anemia)

Law of Nature

A generalization about the predictable ways in which matter and energy behave. A description!

Theroy

An explanatory statement or set of statements derived from facts, laws and confirmed hypothesis

Evolution

Change in the genetic composition of a population of organisms

Natural Selection

The principal theory of how evolution works. Some individuals within a species have hereditary advantages over their competators

Selection Pressures

Natural forces that promote the reproductive success of some individuals more than others