PHGY 209 Lecture Notes - Lean Body Mass, Subcutaneous Tissue, Body Water
12 Nov 2013
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Physiology, derived from 2 words: physis and logos : inquiry into nature . Father of medicine and antiquities: referred to physiology: the healing power of nature . Medical perspective nowadays, world of envt in promoting good health and healing. A lot of time invested in finding out the conditions, which exist in nature to promote good. Physiology may be studied at many different levels: cell physiology, organ physiology, systems physiology, organismal physiology, molecular physiology, the way in which molecules interact, they govern function and regulation of function. Very little distinction between the various disciplines, tremendous overlap in terms of research. We don"t distinguish as much as we used to in different disciplines. Of all the disciplines, physiology remains the integrative science, has a prospective of putting the information from the molecules in cells and organs in the whole functioning individual.
