BIOL 109 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Electron Microscope, Optical Microscope, Histology
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Molecular biology - studies process at the level of individual genes. Understanding normal physiology assists in recognizing when something abnormal occurs in the body. Medical terminology- uses prefixes suffixes and root words to build terms related to the body in health and disease. Early anatomists created maps of the human body. Prominent structures served as landmarks and then the distance was measured and special direction terms were used. International anatomical terminology- published in 19998, to serve as a worldwide official standard of anatomical vocabulary. Eponym-commemorative name for a structure or clinical condition that was originally named for a real or mythical person. Principle of complementarity of structure and function- all specific functions are performed by specific structures, and the form of the structures relates to its function difficult to separate a&p because structures are closely related to their functions. Gross anatomy- macroscopic anatomy large structures that can be seen without a microscope involves cadavers.
