Chapter 1
Anatomy - correct answerThe study of the internal and external structures of plants,
animals, and the human body Leonardo da Vinci (1400's) - correct answerOne of the
earliest anatomists Anatomists - correct answerOne who studies anatomy Microscopic
anatomy - correct answerThe study of structures that can be seen and examined only
with magnification aids Cytology - correct answerThe study of cellular structure
Histology - correct answerThe study of tissue Macroscopic anatomy (Gross anatomy) -
correct answerThe study of structures visible to the unaided or naked eye Physiology -
correct answerThe study of the function and vital processes of various structures that
make up the human body Deal with the vital processes of life - correct
answerPhysiology Focuses on structure and how something is put together - correct
answerAnatomy How structures work together to make the body function as a whole -
correct answerAnatomy Morphology - correct answerThe science that deals with the
form and structure of organisms Disease - correct answerA condition where the body
fails to function normally Pathology - correct answerThe study of the characteristice,
causes, and effects of disease Pathophysiology - correct answerThe science that
investigates abnormal body function Etiology - correct answerCause of a disease
Idiopathic disease - correct answerCause unknown Nosocomial infection - correct
answerAn infectious disease acquired while in a medical facility Epidemiology - correct
answerThe study of the transmission, frequency of occurrence, distribution and control
of a disease Communicable disease - correct answerSpread person to person, or insect
to person Contagious disease - correct answerReadily transmitted from one person to
another Endemic - correct answerA disease that occurs in a specific population or
region Epidemic - correct answerA disease that occurs in large numbers over a specific
region Pandemic - correct answerA disease that spreads throughout a country or
worldwide -ology - correct answerstudy of tachy - correct answerfast abdomin/o -
correct answerabdomen aden/o - correct answergland angi/o - correct answervessel
arthr/o - correct answerjoint cardi/o - correct answerheart col/o - correct answercolon
cyan/o - correct answerblue cyt/o - correct answercell derm/o - correct answerskin
erythr/o - correct answerred gastr/o - correct answerstomach glyc/o - correct
answersugar hemat/o - correct answerblood hem/o - correct answerblood hepat/o -
correct answerliver hist/o - correct answertissue hydr/o - correct answerwater leuk/o -
correct answerwhite mamm/o - correct answerbreast nephr/o - correct answerkidney
neur/o - correct answernerve oste/o - correct answerbone path/o - correct
answerdisease phag/o - correct answerto swallow phleb/o - correct answervein ven/o -
correct answervein rhin/o - correct answernose a - correct answerwithout an - correct