Outline of physiology

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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to physiology:

Contents

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]

Description

Physiology can be described as all of the following:

Branches

By approach

By organism

By process

By subsystem

History

History of physiology

Organizations

Publications

Influential persons

See also

References

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ↑ Hall, John (2011). Guyton and Hall textbook of medical physiology (12th ed.). Philadelphia, Pa.: Saunders/Elsevier. p. 3. ISBN   978-1-4160-4574-8.
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