PHGY 214 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: The Fluid, Homeostasis, Multicellular Organism

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Physiology is the study of body functions. Physiologist explain body functions in terms of the mechanisms of action involving cause-and-effect sequences of physical and chemical processes. Physiology and anatomy are closely interrelated because body functions are highly depending on the structures of the body parts that carry them out. The human body is a complex combination of specific atoms and molecules body. These nonliving chemical components are organized in a precise way to form cells, the smallest entities capable of carrying out the processes associated with life. Cells are the basic structural and functional living building blocks of the. In addition to its basic functions, each cell in a multicellular organism performs a specialized function. Combinations of cells of similar structure and specialized function form the four primary tissues of the body: muscle, nervous, epithelial and connective. Glands are derived from epithelial tissue and specialized for secretion.

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