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The study of function is referred to as? |
Physiology |
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The study of tissues with the use of microscopes |
Histology |
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The study of body structures visible to the naked eye |
Gross Anatomy |
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The ancient Greek physician that developed a code of ethics that is still referred to in modern medicine |
Hippocrates |
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The physician to the Roman gladiators/ performed animal dissections |
Galen |
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Famous anatomist that illustrated a classic autonomy text in 1543 |
Vesales |
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Famous physician that determined the circular flow of blood in the CV system |
Harvey |
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Individual largely given credit for developing the first simple microscope and microorganisms |
Leeuwenhoek |
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In scientific thinking the assumption and methods must be all of the following except |
Instinctual |
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Which is not true about inductive reasoning |
Proof must go beyond a reasonable doubt |
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For a scientific notation to be held as a theory, it must be known what criteria or evidence is required to prove the idea wrone... Is referred to as |
Falsifiability |
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If something is held to be true but no evidence could ever be found to disprove it then it is |
Law |
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Proper experimental design should include |
All of the above |
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The critical evaluation of new ideas Concepts or theories is referred to as |
Peer review |
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And explanatory statement make predictions make gestiones for further study and has not been proven false is |
Theory |
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Info that can be independently verified by any trained individual or group it's considered |
Scientific fact |
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A generalization about how nature and energy behave and is results of inductive reasoning and repeated observations is |
Optimistic encouragement by instructor |
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The mechanism by which populations of organisms can change over time is referred to as (such as bacteria gaining resistance to certain antibiotics) |
Natural selection |
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The theory of evolution does not include |
God |
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The belief that complex systems can be understood from knowledge of the parts is |
Reductionism |
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All living organisms exhibit the following characteristics except |
Tissues |
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Schleiden and Schwann are best known as early contributors to |
Cell theory |
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The birth of cytology with through the use of a compound microscope is attributed to the work of |
Hook |
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Which of the following is most similar to the positive feedback effect in human physiology |
You cannot just have one chip/ continued and raising/ not a good thing/ and one potato chip makes you want to eat more |
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Which of the following is most similar to the negative feedback effect in human physiology |
Thermostat that fluctuates |
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Which of the following is an example of positive feedback response in the human physiology |
Increasing labor contractions |
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Who is credited for coining the term homeostasis |
Hayes |
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Who proposed the theory of natural selection to explain how species originate and change |
Darwin |
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The scientific method used to avoid psychological bias in medical research |
The double-blind method |
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Which of the following correctly lists the levels of human structural complexity from the smallest to the largest structural units |
Organelles, cells, tissues, organs, organ systems |
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A group of similar cells working together with common function is |
Tissues |
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A group of various tissues working together with common function is |
Organ |
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Small organ like structures with specific functions inside the cell are |
Organelles |
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The component of a feedback loop that senses change is |
Receptor |
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The component of a feedback loop that receives information and processes a response is |
Integrator |
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The component of a feedback loop that include structures that carry out commands through responses are |
Effector |
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At what temperature does a fever begin a positive feedback climb |
108 |
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At what temperature will a fever always be fatal |
113 |
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The smallest structures considered by biologists to be living are |
Cells |
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Which is most likely to be responsible for causing a disease state |
Positive feedback |
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Which is not true about x-rays |
Can be used safely |
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Sonography |
high frequency ultrasound echoes |
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Low intensity x-ray slices of the body that are analyzed by a computer |
CT |
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Imaging based on radio waves emitted from magnetically excited soft tissue |
MRI |
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Which of the following would be useful in analyzing terrors in Cartledge of the knee |
MRI |
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Which of the following would be most useful and assessing the activity of the brain of Neurology patients |
Pet |
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Which of the following would be used to determine the age or development of the fetus |
Sonogram |
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Which of the following would be used to detect a hairline fracture on a bone |
X-ray |
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Which of the following involves injection of radioactive labeled glucose that emits gives off gamma rays that are analyzed by a computer |
Positron Emission Tomography PET |
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Humans are chordates. The following are characteristics that are at some time in their life all chordates possess except |
Large Brain |
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Which of the following is not consistent with anatomical position |
Legs slightly bent |
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The plan that would divide into right and left sides |
Sagittal |
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The plan that would provide an inferior and Superior view of structures is |
Transverse |
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The plane that divides between ventral and dorsal portions |
Frontal |
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The term that means towards the front |
Ventral |
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The term that refers to the closer to the surface is |
Superficial |
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The term meaning closer to the body attachment |
Proximal |
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Which would not be included in the axial region |
Knee |
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The tarsal region is _____ to the popliteal region |
Distal |
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The greater omentum is _____ to the small intestine |
Superficial |
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The body region pertaining only to the armpits |
Axillary |
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The body region pertaining only to the inner elbow |
Qubital |
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The body region pertaining only to the upper arm |
Brachial |
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The body region pertaining to only the kneecap |
Patellar |
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The body region pertaining to the heel |
Calcaneiel |
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The body region pertaining to the forearm |
Antebrachial |
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The body region pertaining to the top of the foot |
Dorsum |
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The body region pertaining to the part of the skull housing the brain |
Cranial |
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A _____ line passes to the sternum, umbilicus, and mons pubis |
Midsagittal |
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The _____ region is immediately medial to the coxal region |
Inguinal |
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Which of the following regions is not part of the Upper Limb |
Plantar |
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The demarcation between the thoracic and abdominopelvic regions is the |
Diaphragm |
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Which of these organs is within the pelvic cavity |
Mediastinum |
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The wall of organs that separates left from right pleural cavities is the |
Urinary bladder |
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Which of the following is not an organ system |
Immune system |
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The membrane surrounding the lungs |
Pleura |
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The membrane surrounding the heart |
Pericardium |
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The membrane surrounding most of the viscera |
Pertinum |
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The apron like fatty membranous tissue dripping down from the greater curvature of the stomach is the |
Great omentum |
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The mesentery of the large intestine is the |
Mesocolon |
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The membrane wall that suspends the small intestine is the |
Mesentery |
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Which is incorrect about serious membranes |
They secrete synovial fluid between membranes |
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The forearm is described as_____ when Palms are facing forward |
Supinated |
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A view of the heart showing the interior of all four chambers would be a _____ section |
Frontal |
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The ankle is _____ to the name |
Distal |
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The acromial region is the |
Shoulder |
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All the following are in the thoracic area except |
Meninges |
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The groin is also known as the |
Inguinal region |
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Which of the following are not included in the appendicular region of the body |
Hypochondriac region |
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The spleen is in the ____ of the |
LUQ |
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The ____ contains inguinal region |
LLQ |
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The back of the neck is called the ____ region |
Nuchal |
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The dorsal cavity is lined with membranes called the |
Meninges |
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Which region refers to the anterior pit of the elbow |
Anti cubital |
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Organs that lie within the abdominal cavity but not within the peritoneal cavity are said to be |
Retroperitoneal |
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The urinary bladder is in the ____ region |
Hypogastric |
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Most of the epochs is in the |
thoracic |
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The stomach is _____ to the diaphragm |
Inferior |
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The anus is in the |
Perennial regions |
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The liver is mainly in the |
RUQ |