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Evolutionary (Darwinian)medicine traces some of our diseases to our evolutionary past.

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B) False

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The prefix hypo- means _______________,whereas hyper- means _____________.

A) front; back
B) right; left
C) inside; outside
D) clear; dark
E) below; above

F) A) and B)
G) A) and E)

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Which of the following is most likely to cause disease?

The most influential medical textbook of the ancient era was written by __________.

Sometimes anatomical terms come from origins that do not lend any insight into their meaning.

A change in the genetic composition of a population over time is called __________.

Cells were first named by microscopist Robert Hooke.

Negative feedback is a self-amplifying chain of events that tends to produce rapid change in the body.

A(n) _____________ is a group of similar cells and their intercellular materials in a discrete region of an organ performing a specific function.

A new drug apparently increases short-term memory.Students were divided randomly into two groups at the beginning of the semester.One group was given the memory pill once a day for the semester,and the other group was given a same-looking pill,but it was just sugar.The sugar pill is termed a(n) __________.

The study of normal body structures is called __________.

The change in size of the bone marrow (where blood cells are produced) as an infant matures is an example of __________,whereas the transformation of blood stem cells into white blood cells is an example of __________.

Which of these is the best imaging technique for routinely examining the anatomical development of a fetus?

We can see through bones with magnetic resonance imaging (MRI).

The constant appearance of new strains of influenza virus is an example of __________.

Anatomists around the world adhere to a lexicon of standard international terms,which stipulates both Latin names and accepted English equivalents.

Feeling structures with your fingertips is called _________,whereas tapping on the body and listening for sounds of abnormalities is called ____________.

A physiological __________ is a difference in chemical concentration,electrical charge,physical pressure,temperature,or other variables between one point and another.

Hypercalcemia means _________.

Precise spelling is important in anatomy because __________.