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Chapter 1: Major Themes of Anatomy and Physiology |
1.____________ is the study of structures of the body that are visible to the naked eye.
2. ____________ is the tendency of the body to maintain an internal state of dynamic equilibrium.
3. The "if-then" prediction one makes from a hypothesis is called a/an ____________.
4. A/an ____________ is a group of individuals as similar as possible to an experimental group, but who do not receive the experimental treatment.
5. ____________ is the process by which a scientist must obtain approval of other experts in the field to get research funding and to get the findings published.
6. A statement or set of statements based on a large body of facts, laws, and confirmed hypotheses is called a scientific ____________.
7. The first person to publish an accurate comprehensive atlas of human anatomy was ____________ .
8. The structure and function of an organism result from the ____________ to which the population adapted in the course of its evolution.
9. Homeostasis is normally maintained by cycles of self-correcting physiological responses called ____________ .
10. An organ is an anatomical structure made of at least two kinds of ____________.
11. Structures within a cell that carry out specific functions for it are called ____________.
12. A structure that carries out the body’s ultimate response to a stimulus is called a/an ____________.
13. ____________ is the transformation of unspecialized cells into cells committed to a particular function.
14. The human embryo has gill pouches and a postanal tail, whose presence identifies humans as members of the phylum ____________.
15. Primates are defined in part by the presence of a/an ____________ thumb, which makes the hand as a whole ____________ , or able to grasp things by encircling them.
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