physiology (redirected from Animal physiology)

physiology /phys·i·ol·o·gy/ (-je)

1. the science which treats of the functions of the living organism and its parts, and of the physical and chemical factors and processes involved.

2. the basic processes underlying the functioning of a species or class of organism, or any of its parts or processes.

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morbid physiology , pathologic physiology the study of disordered function or of function in diseased tissues.

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phys·i·ol·o·gy (fz-l-j)

n. Abbr. phys.

1. The biological study of the functions of living organisms and their parts.

2. All the functions of a living organism or any of its parts.

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physi·olo·gist n.

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physiology

[fiz′ē·ol′əjē]

Etymology: Gk, physis + logos, science

1 the study of the processes and function of the human body.

2 the study of the physical and chemical processes involved in the functioning of organisms and their parts. Kinds of physiology include comparative physiology, developmental physiology, hominal physiology, and pathologic physiology. Compare anatomy.

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physiology,

n in biological sciences, study concerned with the processes and functioning of organisms.

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physiology (fiz´ēol´jē),

n the study of tissue and organism behavior. The physiologic process is a dynamic state of tissue as compared with the static state of descriptive morphology (anatomy). Physiology is differentiated from descriptive morphology by the following qualifying properties: rate, direction, and magnitude. Physiologic processes are thus morphologic alterations in the three dimensions of space associated with a temporary (time) sequence. Physiologic processes relate to a wide spectrum of life activities on three levels: biochemical and biophysical activity of a subcellular nature, the activity of cells and tissues aggregated into organ systems, and multiorgan system activity as expressed in human behavior.

physiology, oral,

n the physiology related to clinical manifestations in the normal and abnormal behavior of oral structures. The principal clinical functions in which the oral structures participate are deglutition, mastication, respiration, speech, and head posture.

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physiology

1. the science which deals with the functions of the living organism and its parts, and of the physical and chemical factors and processes involved.

2. the basic processes underlying the functioning of a species or class of organism, or any of its parts or processes.

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cell physiology

the scientific study of phenomena involved in cell growth and maintenance, self-regulation and division of cells, interactions between nucleus and cytoplasm, and general behavior of protoplasm.

morbid physiology, pathological physiology

the study of disordered functions or of function in diseased tissues.

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physiology

See Applied physiology, Cardiac electrophysiology, Clinical neurophysiology.