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'''Physiology''' is the study of how living things function. ...biochemical composition ...or reaction to drugs or disease | '''Physiology''' is the study of how living things function. ...biochemical composition ...or reaction to drugs or disease | ||
==Etiology== | |||
Latin or Greek: physiologia; Greek: physis- nature, + logos- study | |||
[[hominal physiology]] | [[hominal physiology]] | ||
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Physiology is the study of how living things function. ...biochemical composition ...or reaction to drugs or disease
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