[BIOL 1117] - Final Exam Guide - Everything you need to know! (39 pages long)
1 Dec 2016
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Form and function: form tells you something about their function- what they eat, locomotion, etc. How heart valves are shaped tells us their function. Examining structure: inspection: to look, palpation: feel with hands, auscultation: to listen, percussion: generate a sound- tap to generate a sound to tell you what might be working. Anatomy and dissection: both mean cutting apart: dissection is essential for deeper study of body. Comparative anatomy: more than one species are compared, examine similarities and differences. Exploratory surgery: find what might not be working. Medical imaging: mri, ct, radiology: using radiation to create basis of imaging of body. Histology: histo: tissue, connective tissues, histological sections (section out parts of tissue and examine, microscope, pathology: something"s not working (disease state, ultrastructure used to study more in-depth tissues. For every physiological system, there is a pathological physiology (disease states) Hormones: chemical messenger that work in bloodstream. Know how animals are similar and different.
