What 4 ways do you examine the body? Right Ans - Inspection, Palpation,
Auscultation and Percussion
Inspection Right Ans - Seeing the body
Palpation Right Ans - to examine by touch
Auscultation Right Ans - Listening with a stethoscope
Percussion Right Ans - taking hands and beating over certain parts of body
Medical Imaging Right Ans - methods of viewing the inside of the body
without surgery, i.e. radiology
Gross Anatomy Right Ans - Study of structures that can be seen with the
naked eye
Histology Right Ans - the study of the microscopic structure of tissues
Histopathology Right Ans - microscopic examination of tissues for signs of
disease
Cytology Right Ans - study of structure and function of cells
Ultrastructure Right Ans - fine detail, down to the molecular level, revealed
by the electron microscope
Subdisciplines of Physiology Right Ans - neurophysiology, endocrinology,
pathophysiology
Neurophysiology Right Ans - physiology of the nervous system
Endocrinology Right Ans - study of hormones
Pathophysiology Right Ans - mechanisms of disease
Hippocrates Right Ans - Father of medicine
,Scientific Fact Right Ans - information that can be independently verified
Law of Nature Right Ans - a generalization about the predictable ways in
which matter and energy behave
Theory Right Ans - explanatory statement or set of statements derived
from facts, laws and confirmed hypotheses
Bipedalism Right Ans - the ability to walk upright on two legs
The Hierarchy of Complexity Right Ans - Organ system-organs-tissues-
cells-organelles-molecules-atoms
situs invertus Right Ans - heart is on the opposite side
Organization Right Ans - living things exhibit a higher level of organization
than nonliving things
Cellular Composition Right Ans - living matter is always
compartmentalized into one or more cells
Metabolism Right Ans - internal chemical reactions; the sum of all
biochemical events that occur in the body
Responsiveness Right Ans - ability to sense and react to stimuli (irritability
or excitability)
Movement Right Ans - of organism and/or of substances within the
organism
Characteristics of life Right Ans - organization, cellular composition,
metabolism, responsiveness and movement, homeostasis, development,
reproduction, evolution
Homeostasis Right Ans - the ability to detect change, activate mechanisms
that oppose it and thereby maintain stable internal conditions
, Physiological Variation Right Ans - Sex, age, diet, weight, physical activity,
genetics and environment
Feedback Loops Right Ans - biological mechanisms where homeostasis is
maintained
Homeostasis in Body Temperature Right Ans - -If too warm, vessels dilate
in the skin and sweating begins (heat-losing mechanism)
-If too cold, vessels in the skin constrict and shivering begins (heat-gaining
mechanism)
Negative Feedback Right Ans - a mechanism of response in which a
stimulus initiates reactions that reduce the stimulus
Receptor Right Ans - structure that senses change in the body
Integrating (control) Center Right Ans - control center that processes the
sensory information, "makes a decision," and directs the response
Effector Right Ans - cell or organ that carries out the final corrective action
to restore homeostasis
Positive Feedback Right Ans - Self-amplifying cycle where the feedback
loop is repeated. Normal way of producing rapid changes. Can sometimes be
dangerous. ex. childbirth
Gradient Right Ans - a difference in chemical concentration, charge,
temperature, or pressure between two points. Chemicals flow down
concentration gradients. Charged particles flow down electrical gradients.
Heat flows down thermal gradients.
CT Scan Right Ans - computed tomography scan
MRI Right Ans - magnetic resonance imaging
PET scan Right Ans - a visual display of brain activity that detects where a
radioactive form of glucose goes while the brain performs a given task
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