BIO354H5 Chapter Notes -Albrecht Von Haller, Galen, Matthias Jakob Schleiden
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Chapter one (part one): the cellular basis of animal physiology. Animal physiology is the study of how animals work knut schmidt-neilsen. Animal physiologists study parts of an animal and how the parts work together to allow normal behaviour and response to environment. There are more than a million living species on earth (diversity). Emphasis on the importance of observation in the treatment of disease. Emphasis on the relationship between structure and function. 1st to use systematic experiment to investigate the function of. 1st to correctly describe the anatomy of the heart, coronary circulation, structure of lungs and pulmonary circulation. + described the relationship between the lungs and the aeration of the blood. Identified the path of blood through the body. Contractions of the heart cause the blood flow movement. Iatrochemists body function involved only chemical reactions. Iatrophysicists body function involved only physical processes. Bodily functions were both chemical reactions and physical process.