PHSI 208 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Melatonin, Olfactory Nerve, Sympathetic Ganglion
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Physiology the study of the normal functioning of a living organism and its component parts, including all its chemical and physical processes. Known as an integrative (unifying separate things) science. It is closely tied to anatomy, the structure or a cell, tissue or organ that must provide a physical base for its function. Emergent properties properties that cannot be predicted to exist based on knowledge of the s(cid:455)ste(cid:373)"s i(cid:374)di(cid:448)idual (cid:272)o(cid:373)po(cid:374)e(cid:374)ts. E(cid:373)e(cid:396)ge(cid:374)t p(cid:396)ope(cid:396)ties (cid:396)esult f(cid:396)o(cid:373) (cid:272)o(cid:373)ple(cid:454), (cid:374)o(cid:374)li(cid:374)ea(cid:396) interactions of the different components. Examples include emotion or intelligence in humans that cannot be predicted from knowing the individual properties of nerve cells. The human genome project (1990) scientists thought that by identifying and sequencing all the genomes in the human dna, they would understand how the body worked. Cells the smallest unit of structure capable of carrying out life processes. Atoms of elements link together to form cells. Tissues collection of cells carrying out related functions.
