Ancient Medicine : Exam 2 Quizzes With complete
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The most influen al medical prac oner of late republican Rome was __________, an eloquent
Greek immigrant to Rome who believed the body consisted of invisible par cles that health was
a func on of the par cles free and balanced mo on
Aclepiades of Birthynia
A"er three years of plague in Rome, in 293 BCE embassy travels to epidaurus to bring back the
god Asclepius, who then entered Rome in the shape of a...
snake
The __________ sect the role of logos (reason) in both the acquisi on and applica on of
medical knowledge. They priori zed understanding of causes and thorough knowledge of
anatomy
Ra onalists
Cato the Elder was a Roman poli cal leader who consistently cri cized Greek medicine and even
warned his sin never to consult a Greek doctor, true or false
True
A farming manual wri,en by Cato discusses the health of the farmers household, including
men on of herbal remedies , chants, charms, and the ritualis c performance of cures , true or
false
True
Greco-Roman medicine during the Hellenis c and Roman imperial periods is dis nguished by a
unifica on of theory and prac ce, true or false
False
The __________ sect rejected inves ga on into the cause of disease and instead emphasized
observa on and experience
Empiricist
What statement best describes the significance of romes acceptance of Greek medical theories
, Greek medicine was preserved in Western Europe through the La n language
The ___________ sect held that disease was explained by either constric on, dila on, or a
mixture of both, and claimed that the art of medicine could be learned in a short period of me
Methodist
Aulus Cornelius ________ was a first century CE Roman author who complied an encyclopedia.
One sec on deals with medicine : the disciplines history, major sects, and common procedures
Celsus
The physician,______, less famous than his two renowned contemporary, Herophilus and
Erasistratus, wrote extensively on his dissec ons and consequently advanced knowledge of
anatomy, including research on the pancreas , nerves, and the passage of vessels in the
umbilical cord from the fetus to the womb
Eudemus
According to the hippocra c text "The Heart", the heart is shaped like a...
Pyramid
During the Hellenis c period, the presence of commentaries on Hippocra c works, such as
"Joints", "Prognos c", and others, reveals that Hellenis c doctors were already familiar with
these texts and regarded them as significant sources of medical knowledge. True or False
True
In the Hellenis c period, the city of ________ became one of the premiere intellectual and
scien fic centers of the Mediterranean , advancing knowledge of literature, geography,
mathema cs, and medicine, in large part due to ac vity at the museum, or temple of the Muses
Alexandria
Like praxagoras, erasistratus believed that veins contain blood and arteries contain _______
Pneuma
_________, a Hellenis c anatomist and doctor , described the nervous system and dis nguished
between sensory and motor nerves
herophilus
The author of the hippocra c text "the heart" believed that the brain was the center of
intelligence and was the ruling part of one's soul, despite the focus of the text on the heart.
True or false
solu on| Updated RATED A+ 2026
The most influen al medical prac oner of late republican Rome was __________, an eloquent
Greek immigrant to Rome who believed the body consisted of invisible par cles that health was
a func on of the par cles free and balanced mo on
Aclepiades of Birthynia
A"er three years of plague in Rome, in 293 BCE embassy travels to epidaurus to bring back the
god Asclepius, who then entered Rome in the shape of a...
snake
The __________ sect the role of logos (reason) in both the acquisi on and applica on of
medical knowledge. They priori zed understanding of causes and thorough knowledge of
anatomy
Ra onalists
Cato the Elder was a Roman poli cal leader who consistently cri cized Greek medicine and even
warned his sin never to consult a Greek doctor, true or false
True
A farming manual wri,en by Cato discusses the health of the farmers household, including
men on of herbal remedies , chants, charms, and the ritualis c performance of cures , true or
false
True
Greco-Roman medicine during the Hellenis c and Roman imperial periods is dis nguished by a
unifica on of theory and prac ce, true or false
False
The __________ sect rejected inves ga on into the cause of disease and instead emphasized
observa on and experience
Empiricist
What statement best describes the significance of romes acceptance of Greek medical theories
, Greek medicine was preserved in Western Europe through the La n language
The ___________ sect held that disease was explained by either constric on, dila on, or a
mixture of both, and claimed that the art of medicine could be learned in a short period of me
Methodist
Aulus Cornelius ________ was a first century CE Roman author who complied an encyclopedia.
One sec on deals with medicine : the disciplines history, major sects, and common procedures
Celsus
The physician,______, less famous than his two renowned contemporary, Herophilus and
Erasistratus, wrote extensively on his dissec ons and consequently advanced knowledge of
anatomy, including research on the pancreas , nerves, and the passage of vessels in the
umbilical cord from the fetus to the womb
Eudemus
According to the hippocra c text "The Heart", the heart is shaped like a...
Pyramid
During the Hellenis c period, the presence of commentaries on Hippocra c works, such as
"Joints", "Prognos c", and others, reveals that Hellenis c doctors were already familiar with
these texts and regarded them as significant sources of medical knowledge. True or False
True
In the Hellenis c period, the city of ________ became one of the premiere intellectual and
scien fic centers of the Mediterranean , advancing knowledge of literature, geography,
mathema cs, and medicine, in large part due to ac vity at the museum, or temple of the Muses
Alexandria
Like praxagoras, erasistratus believed that veins contain blood and arteries contain _______
Pneuma
_________, a Hellenis c anatomist and doctor , described the nervous system and dis nguished
between sensory and motor nerves
herophilus
The author of the hippocra c text "the heart" believed that the brain was the center of
intelligence and was the ruling part of one's soul, despite the focus of the text on the heart.
True or false
