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Selected Vocabulary |
Chapter 1: Major Themes of Anatomy and Physiology |
| term | page reference |
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| anatomy | 2 |
| dissection | 2 |
| cadaver | 2 |
| gross anatomy | 2 |
| microscopic anatomy | 2 |
| ultrastructure | 2 |
| comparative anatomy | 2 |
| palpation | 2 |
| auscultation | 2 |
| percussion | 2 |
| physiology | 2 |
| comparative physiology | 2 |
| cellular organization | 3 |
| biochemical unity | 3 |
| metabolism | 3 |
| assimilation | 3 |
| responsiveness | 3 |
| stimulus | 3 |
| receptor | 3 |
| effector | 3 |
| development | 3 |
| growth | 3 |
| differentiation | 3 |
| reproduction | 3 |
| Animalia | 4 |
| eukaryote | 4 |
| multicellular | 4 |
| heterotrophic | 4 |
| nerve cells | 4 |
| muscle cells | 4 |
| phyla | 5 |
| Chordata | 5 |
| notochord | 5 |
| dorsal hollow nerve cord | 5 |
| pharyngeal gill pouches | 5 |
| postanal tail | 5 |
| Vertebrata | 5 |
| Mammalia | 5 |
| endothermy | 5 |
| heterodonty | 5 |
| Primates | 5 |
| Hominidae | 5 |
| bipedal | 5 |
| Australopithecus | 7 |
| Homo | 7 |
| organism | 7 |
| organ system | 7 |
| organ | 9 |
| tissue | 9 |
| histology | 9 |
| cell | 9 |
| cytology | 9 |
| organelle | 9 |
| molecule | 9 |
| atom | 9 |
| subatomic particle | 9 |
| reductionism | 9 |
| holism | 10 |
| natural selection | 10 |
| evolution | 11 |
| selection pressure | 11 |
| adaptation | 11 |
| model | 11 |
| arboreal | 11 |
| prehensile hand | 11 |
| stereoscopic vision | 12 |
| inductive method | 13 |
| hypothetico-deductive method | 13 |
| hypothesis | 13 |
| deduction | 13 |
| sample size | 14 |
| control group | 14 |
| treatment group | 14 |
| psychosomatic effect | 14 |
| placebo | 14 |
| experimenter bias | 14 |
| double-blind method | 14 |
| statistical testing | 14 |
| peer review | 15 |
| basic research | 15 |
| applied science | 15 |
| scientific fact | 15 |
| law of nature | 15 |
| theory | 15 |
| naturalism | 16 |
| rationalism | 16 |
| simple microscope | 18 |
| compound microscope | 19 |
| cell theory | 19 |
| homeostasis | 21 |
| dynamic equilibrium | 21 |
| set point | 21 |
| negative feedback | 21 |
| feedback loop | 21 |
| vasodilation | 21 |
| vasoconstriction | 21 |
| positive feedback | 22 |
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