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Lecture 1
"Science, The Origins of Medicine and the Criteria of Life"
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Anatomy
Undergraduate 1
10/01/2013

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Science
Definition
To know or to understand
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Biology
Definition
The study of life
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Anatomy
Definition
The study of structure
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Gross Anatomy
Definition

The Study of bodily structures

seen with the eye.

 

Example: naming of bones, muscles, and arteries.

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Histology

Definition

Study of bodily structures seen with the microscope

 

Example: Naming parts of cells, bone and muscle tissue

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Physiology
Definition

The study of function

 

Example: The process behind nerve conduction and muscle contraction

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Hippocrates
Definition
"Father of Western Medicine"
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Claudius Galen
Definition
"Father of Pharmacy"
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Antony Van Leeuwenhoek
Definition
Invented the first crude microscope
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Robert Hooke
Definition

•Developed the first compound microscope

 

•Identified and named cells and their organelles

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Germ Theory of Disease
Definition
All disease steams from microorganisms and bacteria. (Disease is caused by germs)
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Edward Jenner
Definition
Developed the first vaccination
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Natural Selection
Definition
Selection of organisms with genetic adaptations that benefit and increase the success of that species amongst selection pressures
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William Roentgen
Definition
Discovered X-rays and detection of electromagnetic energy (1895)
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Holism
Definition
Theory that an individual cannot be studied solely from its smaller and simpler parts- includes addressing the physical, mental and empotional aspects of the individual.
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Fact
Definition

Information that is independent and verified by any trained person

 

Example: the color red, a human, a man, a dog

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Law
Definition

Information about the predictability of how matter and energy behave

 

Example: Law of Gravity, Laws of Motion

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Theory
Definition

Statements derived from facts and laws

 

Example: Cell Theory, Germ Theory

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Hypothesis
Definition
A questions or statement that may be answered
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Organism
Definition
A complete individual
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Organ System
Definition
Organs that provide a collective function
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Organ
Definition
Composed of two or more tissues that provide a particular function
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Tissue
Definition
Mass of cells that perform a specific function
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Cells
Definition
Carry out the basic functions of life
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Organelles
Definition
Carry out a function in an individual cell
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Molecules
Definition
Composed of at least two atoms
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