Anatomy Physiology- The Unity of Form and Function Chapter 1 Qs& As

Anatomy Physiology- The Unity of Form and Function Chapter 1 Qs& As Anatomy - ANS-The study of structure Physiology - ANS-The study of function Inspection - ANS-Looking at the body's appearance as in performing a physical examination or making a clinical diagnosis from surface appearance Palpation - ANS-Feeling a structure with the hands, such as taking a pulse Auscultation - ANS-Listening to the natural sounds made by the body, such as heart and lung sounds Percussion - ANS-The examiner taps on the body, feels for abnormal resistance, and listens to the emitted sound for signs of abnormalities such as pockets of fluid or air Dissection - ANS-The careful cutting and separation of tissues to reveal their relationships Cadaver - ANS-A dead human body Comparative Anatomy - ANS-The study of more than one species in order to examine the structural similarities and differences and analyze evolutionary trends Exploratory Surgery - ANS-Opening the body and taking a look inside to see what was wrong and what could be done about it Medical imaging - ANS-Methods of viewing the inside of the body without surgery Radiology - ANS-Branch of medicine concerned with imaging Gross anatomy - ANS-Structure that can be seen with the naked eye Histology (microscopic anatomy) - ANS-The process of taking tissue specimens, thinly slicing and staining them, and observing them under a microscope to see individual cells Histopathology - ANS-The microscopic examination of tissues for signs of disease Cytology - ANS-Study of the structure and function of individual cells Ultrastructure - A