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simply looking at the body's appearance
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inspection
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ffeeling a structure with the hands, such as pulpating a swollen lymph node or taking a pulse
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palpation
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listening to the natural sounds made by the body, heart and lungs
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auscultation
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examiner taps and feels for abnormal resistance and listens to emitted sound for signs of abnormalities such as pockets of fluid or air
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percussion
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careful cutting an dseparation of tissues to reveal their relationship
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disection
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the study of more than one species in order to examine stuctural similarities an dfferences and analyze evolutionary trends
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comparative anatomy
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opening the body and taking a look in inside to see what was wrong and what could be done about it
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exploratory surgery
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techniques/methods of viewing the inside of the body w/out surgery.
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medical imaging
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branch of medice concerned with imaging
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radiology
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Structure that can be seen with the naked eye, whether by surface observation, radiology, or dissection
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gross anatomy
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The study of individual cells, thinly sliced and stained, and observe them under the 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 an function of individual cells
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cytology
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refers to fine detail, down to the molecular level, revealed by the electron microscope
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ultrastructure
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the study of how different species have solved problems of life such as water balance, respiration and reproduction. Also the basis for the developement of new drugs and medical procedures
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comparative physiology
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most physiological knowledge was obtained by _______
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hypothetico deductive method
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an educated speculation or possible answer to the question. 1 consistent with what is already known 2.capapble of being tested & possibly falsified by evidence
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hypothesis
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if we claim something is scientifically true we must be able to specify what evidensce is would take to prove it wrong. If nothing proves it wrong it is not scientific
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falsifialbility
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number of subjects used in a study
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sample size
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beomedical experiments require comparison between treated and untreated ind. so that we can judge if the treatment has effects.
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control
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not recieving the treatment.
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control group
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receiving the treatment
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treatment group
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a substance with no significant physiological effect on the body
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placebo
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effects the subjects state of mind on their physiology
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psychosomatic effects
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experimenters wanting certain results that they may be bias
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experimenter bias
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neither subject nor the person giving it knows who is recieving treatment or not
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double-blind method
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