Anatomy & Physiology: The Unity of Form and Function Chapter 1
Anatomy The study of structure
Physiology The study of function
Inspection Simply looking at the body's appearance
Feeling a structure with the hands, such
Palpation as palpating a swollen lymph node or
taking a pulse
Auscultation listening to the natural sounds made by the body, such
as heart and lung sounds
Examiner taps on the body, feels for ab-
Percussion normal resistance and listens to the emit- ted sound for
signs of abnormalities such as pockets
of fluid or air
Dissection Carefully cutting and separating tissues to reveal their
relationships
Cadaver A dead human body
The study of multiple species in order
to
Comparative Anatomy examine similarities and differences and
analyze evolutionary trends Opening the body and taking a look in-
side to see what was wrong and what
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, Exploratory Surgery could be done about it. Any breach of the body
cavities is risky, however, and
most exploratory surgery has now been
replaced by medical imaging
techniques
Methods of viewing the inside of the
body
Medical Imaging without surgery
Radiology Branch of medicine concerned with
imaging
Gross Anatomy Structure that can be seen with the naked eye
Microscopic anatomy. Take a tissue
sam-
Histology ple, stain it and review it under a
micro- scope
Anatomy & Physiology: The Unity of Form and Function Chapter 1
Histopathology The microscopic examination of tissues for signs of
disease
The study of the structure and function of
Cytology individual cells
Refers to the fine details, down to the
Ultrastructure molecular level, which are revealed by an
electron microscope
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Anatomy The study of structure
Physiology The study of function
Inspection Simply looking at the body's appearance
Feeling a structure with the hands, such
Palpation as palpating a swollen lymph node or
taking a pulse
Auscultation listening to the natural sounds made by the body, such
as heart and lung sounds
Examiner taps on the body, feels for ab-
Percussion normal resistance and listens to the emit- ted sound for
signs of abnormalities such as pockets
of fluid or air
Dissection Carefully cutting and separating tissues to reveal their
relationships
Cadaver A dead human body
The study of multiple species in order
to
Comparative Anatomy examine similarities and differences and
analyze evolutionary trends Opening the body and taking a look in-
side to see what was wrong and what
1/7
, Exploratory Surgery could be done about it. Any breach of the body
cavities is risky, however, and
most exploratory surgery has now been
replaced by medical imaging
techniques
Methods of viewing the inside of the
body
Medical Imaging without surgery
Radiology Branch of medicine concerned with
imaging
Gross Anatomy Structure that can be seen with the naked eye
Microscopic anatomy. Take a tissue
sam-
Histology ple, stain it and review it under a
micro- scope
Anatomy & Physiology: The Unity of Form and Function Chapter 1
Histopathology The microscopic examination of tissues for signs of
disease
The study of the structure and function of
Cytology individual cells
Refers to the fine details, down to the
Ultrastructure molecular level, which are revealed by an
electron microscope
2/7
