bio 319 Exam 1 –Cohn questions with correct answers

What is anatomy? CORRECT ANSWER ● study of the STRUCTURE of the body ● How big something is; the geometry and shape; where it is located; how it connects to the rest of the body ● anatomy studies the structure of body parts and their relationships to one another What is physiology? CORRECT ANSWER ● study of the FUNCTION of the body ● physiology concerns the function of the body-how the body parts work and carry out their life-sustaining activities how are anatomy and physiology linked? CORRECT ANSWER ● You can't FUNCTION without STRUCTURE, and vice versa. It is impossible to understand physiology without developing an understanding of anatomy; physiology is explainable only in terms of the underlying anatomy. ● Structure and function are not isolated ● structure determines function what is the one word definition for anatomy and physiology? CORRECT ANSWER ● anatomy: structure ● physiology: function What is gross anatomy? CORRECT ANSWER ● Gross means large (macroscopic) ○ big enough to be seen by the naked eye ○ large enough to see without a visual aid ● the branch of anatomy that deals with the str