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EXB 10 midterm 1

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Definition
Evanescence   fleeting, temporary  
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Homeostasis   A central concept about "holding constant" (and Getting Better)  
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Physiologic Adaptation   body's homeostatic mechanisms expand, or become more powerful, as a result of being repeatedly taxed or challenged.  
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Phenotypic Adaptation   body's homeostatic mechanisms expand, or become more powerful, as a result of being repeatedly taxed or challenged.  
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Epistemology   study of the nature knowledge, theory of knowledge  
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Gnostic   any special human experience that can be known only through experience or initiation  
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Mystic   non-sensate perceptions of reality  
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credentials   proof of ability or trustworthiness: a certificate, letter, or experience that qualifies somebody to do something  
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Empiricism   Science is often called "rational empiricism" because of its process of telling a rational story (hypothesis), then making measurements (empiricism, then revising the story, etc.  
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Subjective   not impartial, based on opinions  
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Objective   Observable, based on facts  
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Symptom vs. sign   Symptom is the subjective feeling that the patient describes whereas a sign is observable to the physician, such as a rash.  
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Testable hypothesis    
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social perception   Reports from others about individual or collective subjective states.  
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Authority   defines what is real or how things are to be  
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Legitimate Authority   will not make “un-real” statements, will recognize it own limits, and will often document knowledge and experience with “Credentials”  
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Phylogeny   refers to evolution as a group.  
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Homonid   multiple species of extinct "pre-humans", typified by bipedal gait and smaller-than-human brains.  
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bipedal   two legged  
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prosimian   early primate group to which lemurs belong ("dogs in trees")  
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Brachisate   yeah yeah  
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Five basic radiations of the primate order   prosimians, new world monkeys, old world monkeys, apes, man  
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Perturb, Perturbation   ... in physiology, often used to refer to an outside disruption of environmental demand that requires the body to make some sort of adjustment to maintain homeostasis. A "perturbation" is an environmental challenge.  
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Myocardial   relating to or affecting the thick muscular wall of the heart  
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Ischemia   lack of blood  
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Physiological Adaptation   ???  
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over-determined   often used in science or psychology to refer to actions or behavior that are encouraged by multiple motivations and drives (often including biological, psychological, and social)  
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Neoteny   frozen in childhood. Humans are still curious and our faces resemble baby animals.  
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