BSC2085 A&P1 Exam 1 Study Guide,
Chapters 1-4 & Atlas A (Professor
Kachan at PBSC LW Campus)
Palpation - answer Feeling a structure with the hands.
Auscultation - answer Listening to the natural sounds made by the body.
Percussion - answer Tapping on a body part and feeling for abnormal resistance.
Gross anatomy - answer Structure that can be seen with the naked eye.
Histology [ microscopic anatomy] - answer We take specimens, slice and stain them,
and observe them under the microscope.
Ultrastructure - answer Refers to fine details, into the molecular level revealed by the
electron microscope
Inductive method of study - answerWhen one makes numerous observations until he /
she feels confident and drawing generalization and prediction from them.
Hypothetico- Deductive method of study - answerWhen a researcher asked a question
and formulate a hypothesis. The hypothesis is a possible answer to the question
Evolution - answerChange in the genetic composition of a population of organism.
Natural selection - answerThe principal theory how evolution works.
Homeostasis - answerThe body the bility to detect change, activate mechanisms that
oppose it, and thereby maintain a relatively stable internal conditions despite changes in
an environment
Anatomical position - answerOur standard frame of reference for all anatomical
description and dissection
Sagittal - answerThe plane that passes vertically through the body or an organ and
divides it into right and left portions
Median [midsagittal] - answerThe sagittal plane that divides the body or organ into equal
halves
, frontal [coronal] - answerA plane that extends vertically, it is perpendicular too the
sagittal plane and divides the body or organ into anterior and posterior portion.
Transverse [ horizontal] - answerA plane that passes horizontally through the body and
divides the body or organ into superior and inferior portion .
Axial - answerThe region of the body that consists of the head, neck and trunk.
Appendicular - answerThe region of the body that consists of the upper and lower limb
Proximal/Distal - answerDirectional terms used to describe anatomy of the upper &
lower limbs
Arm - answerrefers only to that part of the upper limb between the shoulder and elbow.
Leg - answerrefers only to that part of the lower limb between the knee and ankle.
Atomic Number - answerHow an element is identified, & the number of protons in its
nucleus. At the center of an atom is the nucleus, composed of protons and neutrons.
Around the nucleus are one or more concentric clouds of electrons.
Polar Covalent Bonds - answerThe atoms in a water molecule are held together by
Nonpolar covalent bond - answerThe strongest of all the chemical bonds is the
___________. Carbon atoms bind to other carbon atoms with nonpolar covalent bonds.
Hydrophilic - answerSubstances that dissolve in water are
Hydrophobic - answersubstances that do not dissolve in water are
Ampliphilic - answerSome large molecules have both hydrophilic and hydrophobic
regions. These are said to be
Amino Acids - answerA protein is a polymer of
Enzymes - answerProteins that serve as biological catalysts.
A polysaccharide is a polymer of - answermonosaccharides.
Glucose (blood sugar) is a - answermonosaccharide
sucrose (table sugar) and lactose (milk sugar) are - answerdisaccharides.
Three polysaccharides of interest to human physiology are - answerglycogen, starch,
and cellulose.
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