HAM Exam 2025 Practice Questions with 100%
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uterus - ✔✔jar or mouth that can open or close
votive object - ✔✔object made to look like body part healed by a god
one-body model - ✔✔- one body
- men: dry + hot
- women: cold + wet
- normal body = male body
parallels between male and female body - ✔✔- both make semen
- same genitalia: external + internal
- two testicles = two womb chambers
what happens if women fail to menstruate - ✔✔- revert back to male body
- fatal
female body state vs male body state - ✔✔colder + wetter vs hot + dry
women and moisture - ✔✔women need constant moisture to preserve their state
woman skin vs men skin - ✔✔spongy vs hard + impermeable
image of female skin - ✔✔- moisture sucking wool
- domestic image
,menstruation - ✔✔- body's way of evacuating surplus moisture
- frequent intercourse = more moisture
pangenesis theory - ✔✔seed must draw from all parts of the body if child has characteristics
from all parts of parent
encephalomyelitic theory - ✔✔semen originates in brain and goes to reproductive parts
through spinal bone marrow
how is sperm released? - ✔✔friction + warmth turns fluid into foam
three theories of the seed - ✔✔- contest of the sperm
- left/right
- menstrual cycle
contest of the sperm theory - ✔✔- woman + man both have strong sperm released = boy
- woman + man both have weak sperm released = girl
- mixture = two sperms fight it out
contest of the sperm theory info - ✔✔- type of sperm emitted by person can change over
time
- most developed theory
left/right theory - ✔✔- left testicle sperm = girl
- right testicle sperm = boy
,menstrual cycle theory - ✔✔- conception after menstrual cycle + drier = boy
- nearing end of cycle + moister = girl
child resembles father - ✔✔more father sperm
child resembles mother - ✔✔more mother sperm
child resembles neither - ✔✔someone is lying
umbilical cord - ✔✔hardened blood from menstruation
ideaoplasty - ✔✔- whatever mother is looking at at conception makes the child look like that
- more mythical than medical
cucumber theory - ✔✔- cucumber in jar grows to match its size and form
- if uterus constricted or small then it affects the development of the child
twins theories - ✔✔- pouch theory
- mouth theory
twin pouch theory - ✔✔if seed directed simultaneously to two pouches then two fetuses can
be developed
twin mouth theory - ✔✔if the uterus mouth fails to close once semen goes in, then
intercourse again will let more semen in
embryo soul theories - ✔✔- plant to animal soul
, - potential living to functional living soul
plant to animal soul embreyo - ✔✔- soul of embryo changes from plant soul to animal at
birth
- plant soul = no consciousness
potential living to functional living soul embryo - ✔✔embryo is a potential living soul in
womb but functional living soul at birth
delivery - ✔✔- 9 month gestation time
- premature birth is dangerous
8th month superstition - ✔✔- pregnant women most sick in 8th month, so baby will too
- 7th month has more of a chance of living
9th month of birth - ✔✔baby will be stronger due to pre-suffering
regimen in acute diseases - ✔✔- author is confused about ideas present in a regimen of
health
- benefits of barley gruel
- against the cnidans
regimen in acute diseases author - ✔✔- unknown
- doctors interested in diaita
- against mainstream 4-humors
regimen in acute diseases audience - ✔✔fellow doctors to alter patient prescriptions
Correct Answers
uterus - ✔✔jar or mouth that can open or close
votive object - ✔✔object made to look like body part healed by a god
one-body model - ✔✔- one body
- men: dry + hot
- women: cold + wet
- normal body = male body
parallels between male and female body - ✔✔- both make semen
- same genitalia: external + internal
- two testicles = two womb chambers
what happens if women fail to menstruate - ✔✔- revert back to male body
- fatal
female body state vs male body state - ✔✔colder + wetter vs hot + dry
women and moisture - ✔✔women need constant moisture to preserve their state
woman skin vs men skin - ✔✔spongy vs hard + impermeable
image of female skin - ✔✔- moisture sucking wool
- domestic image
,menstruation - ✔✔- body's way of evacuating surplus moisture
- frequent intercourse = more moisture
pangenesis theory - ✔✔seed must draw from all parts of the body if child has characteristics
from all parts of parent
encephalomyelitic theory - ✔✔semen originates in brain and goes to reproductive parts
through spinal bone marrow
how is sperm released? - ✔✔friction + warmth turns fluid into foam
three theories of the seed - ✔✔- contest of the sperm
- left/right
- menstrual cycle
contest of the sperm theory - ✔✔- woman + man both have strong sperm released = boy
- woman + man both have weak sperm released = girl
- mixture = two sperms fight it out
contest of the sperm theory info - ✔✔- type of sperm emitted by person can change over
time
- most developed theory
left/right theory - ✔✔- left testicle sperm = girl
- right testicle sperm = boy
,menstrual cycle theory - ✔✔- conception after menstrual cycle + drier = boy
- nearing end of cycle + moister = girl
child resembles father - ✔✔more father sperm
child resembles mother - ✔✔more mother sperm
child resembles neither - ✔✔someone is lying
umbilical cord - ✔✔hardened blood from menstruation
ideaoplasty - ✔✔- whatever mother is looking at at conception makes the child look like that
- more mythical than medical
cucumber theory - ✔✔- cucumber in jar grows to match its size and form
- if uterus constricted or small then it affects the development of the child
twins theories - ✔✔- pouch theory
- mouth theory
twin pouch theory - ✔✔if seed directed simultaneously to two pouches then two fetuses can
be developed
twin mouth theory - ✔✔if the uterus mouth fails to close once semen goes in, then
intercourse again will let more semen in
embryo soul theories - ✔✔- plant to animal soul
, - potential living to functional living soul
plant to animal soul embreyo - ✔✔- soul of embryo changes from plant soul to animal at
birth
- plant soul = no consciousness
potential living to functional living soul embryo - ✔✔embryo is a potential living soul in
womb but functional living soul at birth
delivery - ✔✔- 9 month gestation time
- premature birth is dangerous
8th month superstition - ✔✔- pregnant women most sick in 8th month, so baby will too
- 7th month has more of a chance of living
9th month of birth - ✔✔baby will be stronger due to pre-suffering
regimen in acute diseases - ✔✔- author is confused about ideas present in a regimen of
health
- benefits of barley gruel
- against the cnidans
regimen in acute diseases author - ✔✔- unknown
- doctors interested in diaita
- against mainstream 4-humors
regimen in acute diseases audience - ✔✔fellow doctors to alter patient prescriptions
