Anatomy & Physiology: The Unity of Form and Function Chapter 1 questions and correct answers
Anatomy & Physiology: The Unity of Form and Function Chapter 1 questions and correct answers Anatomy - AnswerThe study of structure Physiology - AnswerThe study of function Inspection - AnswerSimply looking at the body's appearance Palpation - AnswerFeeling a structure with the hands, such as palpating a swollen lymph node or taking a pulse Auscultation - Answerlistening to the natural sounds made by the body, such as heart and lung sounds Percussion - AnswerExaminer 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 - AnswerCarefully cutting and separating tissues to reveal their relationships Cadaver - AnswerA dead human body Comparative Anatomy - AnswerThe study of multiple species in order to examine similarities and differences and analyze evolutionary trends Exploratory Surgery - AnswerOpening the body and taking a look inside to see what was wrong and what 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 Any breach of the body cavities is risky, however, and most exploratory surgery has now been replaced by medical imaging techniques Medical Imaging - AnswerMethods of viewing the inside of the body without surgery Radiology - AnswerBranch of medicine concerned with imaging Gross Anatomy - AnswerStructure that can be seen with the naked eye Histology - AnswerMicroscopic anatomy. Take a tissue sample, stain it and review it under a microscope Histopathology - AnswerThe microscopic examination of tissues for signs of disease Cytology - AnswerThe study of the structure and function of individual cells Ultrastructure - AnswerRefers to the fine details, down to the molecular level, which are revealed by an electron microscope
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anatomy the study of structure
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physiology the study of function
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inspection simply looking at the bodys appearance
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palpation feeling a structure with the hands such
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auscultation listening to the natura