Physiology
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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