Flashcards
Midterm exam
Flashcards do conjunto (33)
- 1mortality raterate at which people die or a portion of people that die
- 2morbidity raterate or people who are infected
- 3endemicdisease present in population and impacts an expected percentage of that population
- 4epidemicdisease that infects more than the expected percentage of the population
- 5pandemica world-wide epidemic
- 6prehistoryperiod prior to the development of writing/written language
- 7paleopathologystudy of disease and trauma in the past
- 8homeostasisa state of stability and balance among different interdependent elements
- 95 elementswater, fire, wood, metal, and earth
- 10Qiroot of the human body and its quality and movement determines health
- 115 Viscerasmall and large intestines, stomach, bladder, gall bladder
- 12the historical methoddetermine a historical problem/need
gather relavent info
form hypothesis to explain historical factor
collect and organize evidence
select & analyze most pertitnent evidence draw conclusions
record conclusions in narrative - 13primary sourcedocument/physical object written/created during the time under study
- 14secondary sourceinterprets and analyzes primary sources, sources that are 1 or more steps removed from the event
- 15agricultural revolutionchanges to diet, changes to lifestyle, larger groups living in close proximity, close proximity to livestock, human and animal waster, pests
- 16neolithicnew stone age- stone tools, domesticated animals, permanent villages, pottery and weaving
- 17Ayurvedadeveloped from the Vedas during 6th-4th cent. BCE- indian medicine w/idea that disease is from imbalance of body, mind, and spirit
- 183 Doshasvata- air/ether of the nervous system
pitta-fire of enzymes
kapha- earth and water of mucus - 19marmasanatomical locations in the body- centers through which vital energies flow
- 20Hippocratesfocused medical practice on natural approaches and treatment of diseases- dismissed supernatural explanations of disease
- 21Galenserved as surgeon for gladiators and then at the imperial court of roman emperor. One of the first experimental physiologists
- 224 humorsblack bile- autumn, earth, cold & dry, spleen
blood- spring, air, hot & moist, liver
phlegm- winter, water, cold & moist, brain & lungs
yellow bile- summer, fire, hot & dry, gall bladder - 23miasmadisease caused by bad air- used during middle ages as an explanation for spread of disease(contagion)
- 24Plague of Athensplague occured in 2nd year of Peloponnesian war, killed 25% of population
- 25Plague of JustinianOccured under emperor Justinian, caused by the Bubonic Plague, originated in Central Asia, killed 25-100 million people
- 26acupunctureChinese medical treatment of needles aimed at vital centers
- 27yin and yangdualism of all known existence, imbalance results in disease
- 28Nei ChingOldest chinese medical book
- 29chakraenergy points along the spine where nerves join the spinal cord and where energy flow- Ayuvedic medecine
- 30codex hammurabiestablished basic rules for medical care in mesopotamia
- 31confucian ethicsasserts that filial piety and fraternal love are the roots of humaneness, the foundation and origin of human morality; all social goods are extensions of family ethics
- 32lepreseysupernatural thoughtof a skin disease
- 33hysteriawomb syndrome