Outline of physiology
This article or section is in a state of significant expansion or restructuring. You are welcome to assist in its construction by editing it as well. If this article or section has not been edited in several days, please remove this template. If you are the editor who added this template and you are actively editing, please be sure to replace this template with {{in use}} during the active editing session. Click on the link for template parameters to use.
This article was last edited by The Transhumanist (talk | contribs) 7 years ago. (Update timer) |
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
By organism
By process
By subsystem
- Cardiovascular physiology
- Defense physiology
- Gastrointestinal physiology
- Musculoskeletal physiology
- Neurophysiology
- Respiratory physiology
History of physiology
General physiology concepts
Physiology organizations
Physiology publications
Persons influential in physiology
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. p. 3. ISBN 978-1-4160-4574-8.
External links
- The Physiological Society
- physiologyINFO.org public information site sponsored by The American Physiological Society