Exam1/Quiz 2

Question 1

arkhe

Answer 1

fundamental principle

Question 2

aitia

Answer 2

reason, rational cause

Question 3

sozein ta phainomena

Answer 3

save the phenomena

Question 4

dynamis

Answer 4

inherent property, power

Question 5

physis

Answer 5

natural world

Question 6

atomon

Answer 6

atom, uncuttable thing

Question 7

isonomia

Answer 7

equal balance

Question 8

monarkhia

Answer 8

supremacy

Question 9

symmetros krasis

Answer 9

proportionate mixture

Question 10

iatros

Answer 10

Greek healer, physician

Question 11

anonymous londinensis

Answer 11

1st century CE manuscript claiming theory held by Hippokrates

Question 12

empeiria

Answer 12

experienced based on perception and memory

Question 13

tekhne

Answer 13

craft or skill; practice based on knowledge of causes

Question 14

episteme

Answer 14

scientific knowledge based on causes and fundamental principles

Question 15

apollo paian

Answer 15

Apollo the Healer, divine patron of Hippokratic guild

Question 16

agora

Answer 16

marketplace, central public space in Greek community

Question 17

rhizotomoi

Answer 17

root cutters, agents of empirical tradition of pharmacology

Question 18

facies

Answer 18

facial appearances indicative of health and disease

Question 19

empyema

Answer 19

collection of pus in the body cavity

Question 20

acropachy

Answer 20

autoimmune condition causing swelling of hands and clubbing of fingers

Question 21

hiere nosos

Answer 21

sacred disease, epilepsy

Question 22

phlegm

Answer 22

cold, wet, thick bodily fluid

Question 23

vena cava

Answer 23

large vein carrying deoxygenated blood to heart

Question 24

pneuma

Answer 24

breath, air; source of mobility; sensation, consciousness

Question 25

orthopmea

Answer 25

shortness of breath when patient lies flat

Question 26

encephalocentric theory

Answer 26

theory that brain is center of emotion, sensation, and cognition

Question 27

paradigm

Answer 27

dominant theoretical framework for scientific activity

Question 28

monarkhia

Answer 28

supremacy

Question 29

symmetros krasis

Answer 29

proportionate mixture

Question 30

phlegm (h)

Answer 30

humor with cold and wet qualities

Question 31

blood

Answer 31

humor with hot and wet qualities

Question 32

yellow bile

Answer 32

humor with hot and dry qualities

Question 33

black bile

Answer 33

humor with cold and dry qualities

Question 34

khymos

Answer 34

fluid, juice, humor

Question 35

pepsis (coction)

Answer 35

process of digestion and assimilation of food

Question 36

chyle

Answer 36

first byproduct of pepsis, produced in stomach and transferred to liver

Question 37

bile

Answer 37

waste byproduct of production of humors in the liver

Question 38

pneuma zotikon

Answer 38

living breath, responsible for mobility

Question 39

atria

Answer 39

two cardiac chambers that receive blood from the body and lungs

Question 40

ventricles

Answer 40

cardiac chambers that transfer blood to the body and lungs

Question 41

intraventricular septum

Answer 41

wall separating right and left cardiac ventricles

Question 42

rete mirabile

Answer 42

network of vessels at base of brain; site for production of pneuma psykhikon

Question 43

pneuma psykhikon

Answer 43

psychic breath–responsible for sensation and cognition

Question 44

emphytos thermotes

Answer 44

innate heat