Anatomy Physiology: The Unity of Form and
Function Chapter 1
Anatomy
The study of structure
Physiology
The study of function
Inspection
Looking at the body's appearance as in performing a physical
examination or making a clinical diagnosis from surface
appearance
Palpation
Feeling a structure with the hands, such as taking a pulse
Auscultation
Listening to the natural sounds made by the body, such as heart
and lung sounds
Percussion
The examiner taps on the body, feels for abnormal resistance,
and listens to the emitted sound for signs of abnormalities such as
pockets of fluid or air
Dissection
The careful cutting and separation of tissues to reveal their
relationships
Cadaver
A dead human body
Comparative Anatomy
The study of more than one species in order to examine the
structural similarities and differences and analyze evolutionary
trends
Exploratory Surgery
Opening the body and taking a look inside to see what was wrong
and what could be done about it
Medical imaging
Methods of viewing the inside of the body without surgery
, Radiology
Branch of medicine concerned with imaging
Gross anatomy
Structure that can be seen with the naked eye
Histology (microscopic anatomy)
The process of taking tissue specimens, thinly slicing and staining
them, and observing them under a microscope to see individual
cells
Histopathology
The microscopic examination of tissues for signs of disease
Cytology
Study of the structure and function of individual cells
Ultrastructure
Refers to fine detail, down to the molecular level, revealed by the
electron microscope
Neurophysiology
Physiology of the nervous system
Endocrinology
Physiology of hormones
Pathophysiology
Mechanisms of disease
Comparative Physiology
The study of how different species have solved problems of life
such as water balance, respiration, and reproduction. Basis of
development of new drugs and medical procedures
Hippocrates
Father of medicine. Established a code of ethics for physicians,
the Hippocratic Oath along with followers. He urged physicians to
stop attributing disease to the activities of the gods and demons
and to seek their natural causes
Aristotle
One of the first philosophers to write about anatomy and
physiology. He believed that diseases and other natural events
could have either supernatural causes, which he called theologi,
or natural ones, which he called physici or physiologi
Function Chapter 1
Anatomy
The study of structure
Physiology
The study of function
Inspection
Looking at the body's appearance as in performing a physical
examination or making a clinical diagnosis from surface
appearance
Palpation
Feeling a structure with the hands, such as taking a pulse
Auscultation
Listening to the natural sounds made by the body, such as heart
and lung sounds
Percussion
The examiner taps on the body, feels for abnormal resistance,
and listens to the emitted sound for signs of abnormalities such as
pockets of fluid or air
Dissection
The careful cutting and separation of tissues to reveal their
relationships
Cadaver
A dead human body
Comparative Anatomy
The study of more than one species in order to examine the
structural similarities and differences and analyze evolutionary
trends
Exploratory Surgery
Opening the body and taking a look inside to see what was wrong
and what could be done about it
Medical imaging
Methods of viewing the inside of the body without surgery
, Radiology
Branch of medicine concerned with imaging
Gross anatomy
Structure that can be seen with the naked eye
Histology (microscopic anatomy)
The process of taking tissue specimens, thinly slicing and staining
them, and observing them under a microscope to see individual
cells
Histopathology
The microscopic examination of tissues for signs of disease
Cytology
Study of the structure and function of individual cells
Ultrastructure
Refers to fine detail, down to the molecular level, revealed by the
electron microscope
Neurophysiology
Physiology of the nervous system
Endocrinology
Physiology of hormones
Pathophysiology
Mechanisms of disease
Comparative Physiology
The study of how different species have solved problems of life
such as water balance, respiration, and reproduction. Basis of
development of new drugs and medical procedures
Hippocrates
Father of medicine. Established a code of ethics for physicians,
the Hippocratic Oath along with followers. He urged physicians to
stop attributing disease to the activities of the gods and demons
and to seek their natural causes
Aristotle
One of the first philosophers to write about anatomy and
physiology. He believed that diseases and other natural events
could have either supernatural causes, which he called theologi,
or natural ones, which he called physici or physiologi
