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Chapter 1: Major Themes of Anatomy and Physiology


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Chapter 1: Major Themes of Anatomy and Physiology

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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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