Anatomy & Physiology
This term, meaning "cutting apart," is crucial to anatomical study.
What is dissection?
This Greek physician, around 400 BCE, is known as the "father of medicine."
Who is Hippocrates?
The microscopic study of tissues.
What is histology?
Around 1670, this scientist designed microscopes and viewed cells.
Who is Robert Hooke?
What is the term for the change in the genetic makeup of a population over time?
What is evolution?
This type of anatomy compares the structures of different species.
What is comparative anatomy?
Who is considered the most influential biologist who ever lived, and whose work is central to the theory of natural selection?
Who is Charles Darwin?
What is the name of the type of thumb that allows primates to grasp objects?
What is an opposable thumb?
This branch of anatomy studies structures visible to the naked eye.
What is gross anatomy?
This process, central to Darwin's theory, describes changes in the genetic composition of a population over time.
What is evolution?
What is the name of the order of mammals that includes monkeys, apes, and humans?
What is Primates?
This type science studies the functions of living organisms.
What is physiology?
In everyday language, this term often refers to a hypothesis; in science, it's a well-substantiated explanation.
What is a theory?
What is the term for the ability to grasp objects with the hands?
What is prehensile?
This medical specialty uses imaging techniques like X-rays and MRIs.
What is radiology?
These are features of anatomy, physiology, or behavior that enhance an organism's survival and reproduction.
What are adaptations?
What is the term for standing and walking upright on two legs?
What is bipedalism?
Which method is primarily responsible for our understanding of the body's normal structure? (anatomy is the product)
What is the inductive method?
This process involves evaluation of research by other experts of the same profession.
What is peer review?
What is the name of the method that begins with a question and a testable hypothesis?(physiology is the product)
What is the hypothetico-deductive method?
This physiologist, around 1630, is considered the founder of modern physiology.
Who is William Harvey?
The study of tissues to identify diseases.
What is histopathology?
This Roman physician, around 160 CE, wrote a highly influential medical text.
Who is Galen?
Medical imaging has largely replaced this invasive procedure.
What is exploratory surgery?
According to the book, what is the driving force behind evolution?
What is natural selection?
Comparative physiology often leads to the development of these.
What are new drugs and procedures?(new scientific discoveries)
Around 1665, this scientist greatly improved microscope magnification.
Who is Antony van Leeuwenhoek?
Electron microscopy reveals this level of detail in tissues.
What is ultrastructure?
Name one example of a selection pressure.
What is climate, predators, disease, competition, or food?