Anatomy and Physiology

about the parts of the body.

Who is Andreas Vesalius

Performed their own disections and contributed to the world of anatomy; Restrictions on disecting cadavers in the Catholic church

Who is William Harvey?

contributions to the birth of experimental physiology, and realized that blood flows from the heart and back into it again.

What is anatomy in simple words?

Its the struction/ form

What does a Cadaver mean?

a dead body

What is cadaver dissection

splitting apart the body, separating the organs and studing their relationships

What is comparative anatomy?

The study of one or more species and analyzing how they are different from one another.

Palpation

feeling certain parts of the body

auscultation

listening to the body

Percussion

listening for the taps in the body in order to conclude the overall health condition of the body.

What is Gross Anatomy

visable with the naked eye

Histology

Things that can only be identified through a microscope.

What is physiology in simple terms?

deals with the body’s functions.

Comparative Physiology

study of different species

What is physiology the basis of?

New developments in medicine and procedures

Francis Bacon and Rene Descartes contributed to the….

scientific method

What is the purpose of the scientific method

determine similarities and differences in nature, draw generalizations from observable facts, and to set standards for the scientific truth.

What is the inductive method and what does it tie to?

The inductive method is making as many observations as possible and drawing conclusions or generalizations from said observations. Ties with anatomy

What is the deductive method and what does it ties to?

ask a question and formulate a hypothesis, and a source in physiology.

What did Charles Darwin believe in?

Natural selection or survival of the fittest depends on certain environments. Aids to the understanding of human form and function.

Evolution

change in the genetic composition over time

Natural Selection

How evolution works

Primates

order of mammals to which humans, monkeys, and apes belong

Bipedalism

The ability to walk on two legs

Vestigial Organs

Organs that we have that we no longer need or use anymore.

Who is Walter Cannon?

He coined the term “homeostatsis”

Who is Claude Bernard?

He discovered the phenomenon of homeostasis.

What are the characteristics of Life

reproduction, evolution, organization, cellular composition, responsiveness and movement, metabolism, homeostasis, development.

What is negative feedback

Bringing unstable changes back down to their original state or reversing the changes that occur. (stability)

What is positive feedback

Instead of bringing it back down or stopping the change, it amplifies it and increases the change. (amplification)

Receptor

senses the changes in the body.

Integrator

control center that processes the changes and directs a response.

Effector

puts the motion into “effect”