Physiology
Edit Watch this page Read in another language Physiology Oil painting depicting Claude Bernard , the father of modern physiology, with his pupils Physiology ( / ˌ f ɪ z i ˈ ɒ l ə dʒ i / ; from Ancient Greek φύσις (physis) , meaning 'nature, origin', and -λογία (-logia) , meaning 'study of' [1] ) is the scientific study of normal mechanisms , and their interactions, which works within a living system . [2] A sub-discipline 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. [3] Given the size of the field, it is divided into, among others, animal physiology (including that of humans ), plant physiology , cellular physiology , microbial physiology ( microbial metabolism ), bacterial physiology, and viral physiology. [3] Central to an understanding of physiological functioning is its integrated nature with oth