Home > Resources in pathology > Concepts > Clinical concepts > physiology
physiology
Friday 11 July 2003
| WP |
Definition : Physiology is the scientific study of the normal functions in living systems.
A sub-discipline of biology, its focus is in how organisms , organ system s, organs , cells , and biomolecules carry out the chemical functions or physical functions that exist in a living system.
Given the size of the field, it is divided into, among others, animal physiology (including human physiology ), plant physiology , cellular physiology , microbial physiology (see microbial metabolism), bacterial physiology , and viral physiology.
In medicine, a physiologic state is one occurring from normal body function, rather than pathologically, which is centered on the abnormalities that occur in animal diseases, including humans.
See also
medicine
human physiology
cellular physiology