ANATOMY PHYSIOLOGY THE UNITY OF FORM AND FUNCTION 9TH EDITION STUDY GUIDE, Exams of Advanced Education

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ANATOMY PHYSIOLOGY THE UNITY OF FORM

AND FUNCTION 9TH EDITION STUDY GUIDE

Anatomy - --Study of structure Physiology - --Study of function Palpation - --an examination technique in which the examiner's hands are used to feel the texture, size, consistency, and location of certain body parts Inspection - --Looking at the body's appearance, as in performing a physical examination or making a clinical diagnosis from surface appearance Auscultation - --Listen to sounds made by the body such as heart and lungs Percussion - --The examiner taps on the body, feels for abnormal resistance, and listens to the emitted sound for signs of abnormalities such as pockets of fluid, air, or scar tissue. Dissection - --carefully cutting and separating tissues to reveal their relationships Comparative anatomy - --the study of multiple species in order to examine similarities and differences and analyze evolutionary trends