History

Question 1

What is the study of anatomy?

Answer 1

form of the body

Question 2

What is the study of physiology?

Answer 2

function of the body

Question 3

1600 B.C. - Ancient Egypt

Answer 3

some understanding of anatomy in mummification process

Question 4

480-200 B.C. - Ancient Greece

Answer 4

animal dissections by Alcmaeon, Hippocrates, Aristotle
first school of anatomy in Alexandria
human dissections performed on criminals

Question 5

158-200 A.D. - Ancient Greece (Roman Empire)

Answer 5

Galen - chief physician to the gladiators, observed internal anatomy through wounds, compiled previous knowledge, dissection of apes and pigs applied to humans
Little to no understanding of function, knew blood location not function

Question 6

1489 - Italy

Answer 6

Leonardo da Vinci, series of anatomical drawings based on cadavers, studied skeleton and movement

Question 7

1500s - Belgium/Italy

Answer 7

Andreas Vesalius, dissected criminals after hanging, wrote “de humani corporis fabrica” with accurate drawings that disproved Galen’s work, “Father of Modern Anatomy”

Question 8

Mid 1500s - 1700s

Answer 8

explosion in study of anatomy and physiology
“anatomical theatres” became a popular way of teaching anatomy