Biology:Outline of physiology
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Short description: Overview of and topical guide to physiology
The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to physiology:
Physiology – scientific study of the normal function in living systems.[1] A branch of biology, its focus is in how organisms, organ systems, organs, cells, and biomolecules carry out the chemical or physical functions that exist in a living system.[2]
What type of thing is physiology?
Physiology can be described as all of the following:
- An academic discipline
- A branch of science
- A branch of biology
Branches of physiology
By approach
- Applied physiology
- Clinical physiology
- Exercise physiology
- Nutrition physiology
- Comparative physiology
- Mathematical physiology
- Yoga physiology
By organism
- Animal physiology
- Mammal physiology
- Human physiology
- Fish physiology
- Insect physiology
- Mammal physiology
- Plant physiology
By process
- Developmental physiology
- Ecophysiology
- Evolutionary physiology
By subsystem
- Cardiovascular physiology
- Renal physiology
- Defense physiology
- Gastrointestinal physiology
- Musculoskeletal physiology
- Neurophysiology
- Respiratory physiology
History of physiology
History of physiology
General physiology concepts
Physiology organizations
Physiology publications
- American Journal of Physiology
- Experimental Physiology
- Journal of Applied Physiology
Persons influential in physiology
- List of Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine
- List of physiologists
See also
References
- ↑ Prosser, C. Ladd (1991). Comparative Animal Physiology, Environmental and Metabolic Animal Physiology (4th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Liss. pp. 1–12. ISBN 0-471-85767-X.
- ↑ Hall, John (2011). Guyton and Hall textbook of medical physiology (12th ed.). Philadelphia, Pa.: Saunders/Elsevier. pp. 3. ISBN 978-1-4160-4574-8.
External links
- The Physiological Society
- physiologyINFO.org public information site sponsored by The American Physiological Society
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