Europeans believed, generally, in the geocentric theory of the universe, even though this model had been contradicted by empirical evidence discovered and proposed several hundred years B.C.E. by __________.

_____________ did some of the MOST groundbreaking work on the nature of optics and white light.

Johannes Kepler built on the work of his mentor, Tycho Brahe, to

_________ made the first challenge to the Ptolemaic conception of the universe.

Acute gastritis (ulceration) is likely caused by:

A patient with a diagnosis of cirrhosis of the liver will have a liver that will feel_________on palpation.  The texture of the liver surface will most likely be ________.

Your patient living in an extended care unit is receiving rehab following a left CVA (stroke). The patient also has a hiatal hernia. The patient is seen for PT 2x/day.  The morning session is scheduled about 2 hours after breakfast, and the afternoon session happens 30 minutes after lunch.  Which is the best time for supine bedside exercise?___________________WHY?__________________________________________________________________________________

The Neoplatonists contributed to the progress of the scientific revolution by

The Renaissance also gave rise to a vogue for ______, which laid more social and intellectual groundwork for the scientific revolution.

What was the centerpiece of Descartes’s philosophy?