BIO210Y5 Chapter 1: Chapter 1-BIO210Y
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Anatomy: cutting open -the study of internal and external structures of the body and the physical relationships among body parts ex: how a particular muscle attaches to the skeleton. Physiology: the study of how living organisms perform their vital functions ex: how a muscle contracts. Medical terminology: special language that involves the use of word roots, prefixes, suffixes and combing forms to construct terms related to the body in health and disease. International anatomical terminology (ta): worldwide official standard of anatomical vocabulary. Gross anatomy: macroscopic anatomy, involves the examination of relatively large structures and features usually visible with the unaided eye. All specific functions are performed by specific fuctions. Embryology: the study of early developmental processes during the first two months: clinical anatomy- a number of subspecialties important in clinical practice. Microscopic anatomy: deals with structures that cannot be seen without magnification, thus the boundaries of microscopic anatomy are established by the limits of the equipment used.
