anatomy ch 1 terms – Flashcards
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In anatomical terminology the adjective comes _________ the noun.
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after
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The type of receptor located in the heart, aortic arch and the carotide sinuses that trigger autonomic reflexes in response to fluctuations in blood pressure are known as _______________________.
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baroreceptors
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in performing a physical examination, the act of listening to sounds made by the body is known as _______.
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auscultation
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The study of how different species solved physiological problems of life is known as ___________ physiology.
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comparative
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__________ is a branch of medicine that utilizes medical imaging technologies to explore the interior of the body.
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Radiology
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_____________ surgery is the practice of diagnosing illness by opening the body
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exploratory
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Effects of a subjects state of mind on their physiology are know as _______________effects.
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psychosomatic
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the act of tapping the body to feel for abnormal resistance or listen for sounds emitted is know as ________________.
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Percussion
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the process of carefully separating of tissues to reveal anatomical relationships:
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dissection
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name the method of reasoning that begins with a hypothesis or question and then tries to answer that question
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hypothetico-deductive method
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the study of cells is _____________
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Cytology
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the process of eliminating metabolic waste products form the body_____________
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excretion
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a sub discipline of physiology that is concerned with the mechanisms of disease
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pathophysiology
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identify the benefits of a large sample size
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it controls for chance events it enables us to place greater confidence in the outcome it controls for individual variation
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The smallest particle of matter with unique chemical properties
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atom
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the study of the functions of biological organisms and their parts
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physiology
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an ___________ is made up of two or more atoms
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molecule
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a generalization about the predictable ways in which matter and energy behave
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the law of nature
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the ___________ method of study is the process of drawing conclusions and making predictions from repeated observations
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inductive
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the name for a cell for organ that is specialized to detect a stimulus such as a taste cell or a rod or cone of the eye, is a ___________
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sensory receptor
