Test Bank For Anatomy And Physiology The Unity Of Form And Function 7th Edition By Saladin

ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0073403717, ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0073403717

Chapter 01: Major Themes of Anatomy and Physiology

True / False Questions

1. Sometimes anatomical terms come from origins that do not lend any insight into their meaning.
2. Feeling for swollen lymph nodes is an example of auscultation.
3. We can see through bones with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).
4. Histology is the study of structures that can be observed without a magnifying lens.
5. Cells were first named by microscopist Robert Hooke.
6. All functions of the body can be interpreted as the effects of cellular activity.
7. The hypothetico-deductive method is common in physiology, whereas the inductive method is common in anatomy.
8. An individual scientific fact has more information than a theory.
9. Evolutionary (Darwinian) medicine traces some of our diseases to our evolutionary past.
10. The terms development and evolution have the same meaning in physiology.
11. Organs are made of tissues.
12. A molecule of water is more complex than a mitochondrion (organelle).
13. Homeostasis and occupying space are both unique characteristics of living things.
14. Positive feedback helps to restore normal function when one of the body’s physiological variables gets out of balance.
15. Negative feedback is a self-amplifying chain of events that tends to produce rapid change in the body.