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? edit
Physiology can be described as all of the following:
- An academic discipline
- A branch of science
- A branch of biology
Branches of physiology edit
By approach
By organism
By process
By subsystem
History of physiology edit
General physiology concepts edit
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Physiology organizations edit
Physiology publications edit
Persons influential in physiology edit
See also edit
References edit
- ^ 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 edit
- The Physiological Society
- physiologyINFO.org public information site sponsored by The American Physiological Society