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'''Physiology''' is the study of how living things function. . | '''Physiology''' is the study of how living things function.All living things, by most definitions, are composed of cells, and so functions that are present in every cell, like metabolism, included in this branch of [[biology]]. | ||
==Etiology== | ==Etiology== | ||
Latin or Greek: physiologia; Greek: physis- nature, + logos- study | Latin or Greek: physiologia; Greek: physis- nature, + logos- study | ||
Revision as of 18:57, 26 January 2007
Physiology is the study of how living things function.All living things, by most definitions, are composed of cells, and so functions that are present in every cell, like metabolism, included in this branch of biology.
Etiology
Latin or Greek: physiologia; Greek: physis- nature, + logos- study
hominal physiology comparative physiology
Some fields within physiology focus on certain kinds of living things, such as microbial physiology.
Pathophysiology
Also known as physiopathology