BIO270H1 Study Guide - Final Guide: Podocyte, Euryhaline, Oncotic Pressure
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Bio270 midterm oct 2012 study notes lec 1 5. Lec 1: basic physiological principles: history of physiology. Definition: study of how the parts of the animals work together / integrate. Hippocrates: observation, documentation of what he saw. Aristotle: rela b/w structure < -- > function. Claudius galenus galen : founder of physiology , 1st systematic experimental physiologist. Designed experiments to figure out functions of the body. Brain involved in ctrl-ing speech: cut group of nerves pigs don"t squeal. Kidneys involved in urine formation: tied ureter together kidney don"t eject urine. Andreas vesalius: 1st human anatomy textbook, 1st to show that galen made errors. Scientific method: [bacon] inductive method: anatomy knowledge : use what you see to make predictions about other stuff, [descartes] hypothetico-deductive method: physiological knowledge : formulate falsifiable hypothesis. Boerhaave & von haller: integrated physiology : bodily func" are a combo of chem & physical processes.
