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What is anatomy?
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to cut or dissect, study of structure
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What is physiology?
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how structures work, study of function
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examples of microscopic anatomy:
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cytology, molecular, histology
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gross anatomy
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studied by region or system
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physiology
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functions of cells, tissues. organs, systems
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anatomical variation affected by:
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age, sex, smoker, medication, fitness
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inspection
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looking at body's appearance, surface examination, clinical diagnosis
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palpation
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feeling a structure with the hands (ex, taking pulse)
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auscultation
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listening to natural sounds made by the body (ex heart and lung sounds)
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percussion
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examiner taps the body, feels for abnormal resistance and listens to emitted sound
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dissection
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careful cutting and separation of tissues to reveal their relationships
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cadaver
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dead human body
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comparative anatomy
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study of more than one species in order to examine structural similarites and differences and analyze evolutionary trends
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exploratory surgery
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opening the body and taking a look inside to see what was wrong and what could be done about it
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medical imaging
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methods of viewing the inside of the body without surgery
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branch of medicine concerned with imaging
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radiology
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structure that can be seen with the naked eye
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gross anatomy
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taking tissue specimens, thinly slicing and staining them & observing them under a microscope
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histology
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microscopic examination of tissues for signs of disease
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histopathology
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the study of the structure and function of individual cells
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cytology
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the study of how different species have solved problems of life such as water balance, respiration and reproduction
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comparative physiology
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"Father of medicine" greek physician, est. code of ethics
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Hippocrates
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first philosophers to write about anatomy and physiology
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Aristotle
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single complete individual
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organism
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group of organs with a unique collective function
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organ system
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structure composed of 2 or more tissue types that work together of carry out a specific function
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organ
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mass of similar cells and cell products that forms A discrete region of an organ and performs a specific function
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tissue
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smallest units of an organism that carry out all the basic functions of life
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cells
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microscopic structures in a cell that carry out its individual functions
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organelles
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composed of at least 2 atoms, (proteins fats dna)
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molecules
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theory that a large complex system such as the human body can be understood by studying its simpler components
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reductionism
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complementary theory that there are "emergent properties" of the whole organism that cannot be predicted from the properties of its separate parts
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Holism
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living things exhibit a far higher level of organization that the nonliving world around them
-expend a great deal of energy -maintain order -breakdown of order=death |
organization
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living matter is always compartmentalized into one or more cells
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cellular composition
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living things take in molecules from the environment and chemically change them into molecules that form their own structures, control their physiology or provide them with energy
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metabolism
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the separation of wastes from the tissues and their elimination from the body
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excretion
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ability of organisms to sense and react to stimuli
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responsiveness
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the ability to maintain internal stability
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homeostasis
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any change in function over the lifetime of the organism
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development
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abdominopelvic cavity consists of..
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abdominal cavity superior & pelvic cavity inferiorly
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two layered serous membrane located in abdominopelvic cavity
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peritoneum
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outer layer of peritoneum
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parietal peritoneum
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