Week 8 BIOS 251 Exam 1 final study set of questions and answers

What 4 ways do you examine the body? - CORRECT ANSWER-Inspection, Palpation, Auscultation and Percussion Inspection - CORRECT ANSWER-Seeing the body Palpation - CORRECT ANSWER-to examine by touch Auscultation - CORRECT ANSWER-Listening with a stethoscope Percussion - CORRECT ANSWER-taking hands and beating over certain parts of body Medical Imaging - CORRECT ANSWER-methods of viewing the inside of the body without surgery, i.e. radiology Gross Anatomy - CORRECT ANSWER-Study of structures that can be seen with the naked eye Histology - CORRECT ANSWER-the study of the microscopic structure of tissues Histopathology - CORRECT ANSWER-microscopic examination of tissues for signs of disease Cytology - CORRECT ANSWER-study of structure and function of cells Ultrastructure - CORRECT ANSWER-fine detail, down to the molecular level, revealed by the electron microscope Subdisciplines of Physiology - CORRECT ANSWER-neurophysiology, endocrinology, pathophysiology Neurophysiology - CORRECT ANSWER-physiology of the nervous system Endocrinology - CORRECT ANSWER-study of hormones Pathophysiology - CORRECT ANSWER-mechanisms of disease Hippocrates - CORRECT ANSWER-Father of medicine Scientific Fact - CORRECT ANSWER-information that can be independently verified Law of Nature - CORRECT ANSWER-a generalization about the predictable ways in which matter and energy behave Theory - CORRECT ANSWER-explanatory statement or set of statements derived from facts, laws and confirmed hypotheses Bipedalism - CORRECT ANSWER-the ability to walk upright on two legs The Hierarchy of Complexity - CORRECT ANSWER-Organ system-organs-tissuescells-organelles-molecules-atoms situs invertus - CORRECT ANSWER-heart is on the opposite side Organization - CORRECT ANSWER-living things exhibit a higher level of organization than nonliving things Cellular Composition - CORRECT ANSWER-living matter is always compartmentalized into one or more cells Metabolism - CORRECT ANSWER-internal chemical reactions; the sum of all biochemical events that occur in the body Responsiveness - CORRECT ANSWER-ability to sense and react to stimuli (irritability or excitability) Movement - CORRECT ANSWER-of organism and/or of substances within the organism Characteristics of life - CORRECT ANSWER-organization, cellular composition, metabolism, responsiveness and movement, homeostasis, development, reproduction, evolution Homeostasis - CORRECT ANSWER-the ability to detect change, activate mechanisms that oppose it and thereby maintain stable internal conditions Physiological Variation - C