Health Science 20 – Final Exam – Study Guide & Practice Questions
Hippocrates - correct answer ✔✔"Father of medicine" One of the most important physicians in
ancient Greece
Hippocratic Oath - correct answer ✔✔Oath taken by medical students swearing to practice
medicine in an ethical way
CAM therapies - correct answer ✔✔Methods of treatment that are used in conjunction with
conventional medical therapies
Naturopathy - correct answer ✔✔The practice of assisting in the health of patients through the
application of natural remedies.
Binary Fission - correct answer ✔✔A form of asexual reproduction in which one cell divides to
form two identical cells.
Doubling Time - correct answer ✔✔The amount of time it takes for a culture of bacteria to
double its population. May take a couple of minutes, but it could be as long as a couple days.
CNS (central nervous system) - correct answer ✔✔Brain, spinal cords, cranial nervous
PNS (peripheral nervous system) - correct answer ✔✔Nervous that run from the spinal cord to
the rest of the body
Photoreceptor Cells - correct answer ✔✔Eyes
Mechanoreceptor Cells - correct answer ✔✔Ears
, Chemoreceptor Cells - correct answer ✔✔Nose & Mouth
Thigmoreceptor Cells - correct answer ✔✔Skin
Neurons - correct answer ✔✔Consist of dendrites, cells bodies, axons, and a myelin coating
Nerves - correct answer ✔✔Bunches of neurons
Dendrites - correct answer ✔✔Branch like parts of a neuron that are specialized to receive
information.
Cell Bodies - correct answer ✔✔The cells life support center
Axons - correct answer ✔✔Carry impulses away from the cell body
Myelin Coating - correct answer ✔✔Helps insulate the neuron so that AP can travel faster
Action Potentials - correct answer ✔✔Electric impulses, that act as signals that travel down the
length of the neuron
Synapse - correct answer ✔✔Gaps between each neuron
Neurotransmitters - correct answer ✔✔A chemical released by the AP to cross the synapse
Sensory Neurons - correct answer ✔✔Carry information from the five senses to the spinal cord
and brain
Hippocrates - correct answer ✔✔"Father of medicine" One of the most important physicians in
ancient Greece
Hippocratic Oath - correct answer ✔✔Oath taken by medical students swearing to practice
medicine in an ethical way
CAM therapies - correct answer ✔✔Methods of treatment that are used in conjunction with
conventional medical therapies
Naturopathy - correct answer ✔✔The practice of assisting in the health of patients through the
application of natural remedies.
Binary Fission - correct answer ✔✔A form of asexual reproduction in which one cell divides to
form two identical cells.
Doubling Time - correct answer ✔✔The amount of time it takes for a culture of bacteria to
double its population. May take a couple of minutes, but it could be as long as a couple days.
CNS (central nervous system) - correct answer ✔✔Brain, spinal cords, cranial nervous
PNS (peripheral nervous system) - correct answer ✔✔Nervous that run from the spinal cord to
the rest of the body
Photoreceptor Cells - correct answer ✔✔Eyes
Mechanoreceptor Cells - correct answer ✔✔Ears
, Chemoreceptor Cells - correct answer ✔✔Nose & Mouth
Thigmoreceptor Cells - correct answer ✔✔Skin
Neurons - correct answer ✔✔Consist of dendrites, cells bodies, axons, and a myelin coating
Nerves - correct answer ✔✔Bunches of neurons
Dendrites - correct answer ✔✔Branch like parts of a neuron that are specialized to receive
information.
Cell Bodies - correct answer ✔✔The cells life support center
Axons - correct answer ✔✔Carry impulses away from the cell body
Myelin Coating - correct answer ✔✔Helps insulate the neuron so that AP can travel faster
Action Potentials - correct answer ✔✔Electric impulses, that act as signals that travel down the
length of the neuron
Synapse - correct answer ✔✔Gaps between each neuron
Neurotransmitters - correct answer ✔✔A chemical released by the AP to cross the synapse
Sensory Neurons - correct answer ✔✔Carry information from the five senses to the spinal cord
and brain
