PT 5131 Chapter 1: Chapter1Vocabulary.doc

• School: Northeastern University
• Department: Physical Therapy
• Course: PT 5131
• Professor: L Day

Document Summary

Section 1. 1: the scope of anatomy and physiology: anatomy, physiology. Inspection: palpation, auscultation, percussion, dissection, cadaver, comparative anatomy, exploratory surgery, medical imaging, radiology, gross anatomy, histology (microscopic anatomy, histopathology, cytology, ultrastructure, comparative physiology. Section 1. 3: scientific method: francis bacon, rene descartes, scientific method. Inductive method: hypothetico-deductive method, hypothesis, falsifiability, sample size, controls, control group, treatment group, psychosomatic effects, placebo, experimenter bias, double-blind method, statistical tests, peer review, fact, law of nature, theory. Section 1. 4: human origins and adaptations: charles darwin, evolution, natural selection, selective pressures, adaptations, model, arboreal, opposable, prehensile, stereoscopic, bipedalism, evolutionary (darwinian) medicine. Section 1. 5: human structure: organism, organ system, organ, tissue, cells, organelle, molecules, atoms, reductionism, holism. Section 1. 6: human function: organization, cellular composition, metabolism, anabolism, catabolism, excretion, responsiveness/irritability/excitability, stimuli, homeostasis, development, differentiation, growth, reproduction, mutations, claude bernard, dynamic equilibrium, set point, negative feedback, feedback loops, vasodilation, vasoconstriction, receptor, integrating (control) center, effector, positive feedback.