Outline of physiology

The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to physiology:

Physiology – scientific study of the normal function in living systems.^[1] A branch of biology, its focus is in how organisms, organ systems, organs, cells, and biomolecules carry out the chemical or physical functions that exist in a living system.^[2]

What type of thing is physiology?[]

Physiology can be described as all of the following:

An academic discipline
A branch of science
- A branch of biology

Branches of physiology[]

By approach

Applied physiology
Comparative physiology
Mathematical physiology
Yoga physiology

By organism

Animal physiology
- - Human physiology
- Fish physiology
- Insect physiology
Plant physiology

By process

By subsystem

Cardiovascular physiology
Defense physiology
Gastrointestinal physiology
Musculoskeletal physiology
Neurophysiology
Respiratory physiology

History of physiology[]

History of physiology

General physiology concepts[]

Physiology organizations[]

Physiology publications[]

Persons influential in physiology[]

References[]

^ Prosser, C. Ladd (1991). Comparative Animal Physiology, Environmental and Metabolic Animal Physiology (4th ed.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley-Liss. pp. 1–12. ISBN 0-471-85767-X.
^ Hall, John (2011). Guyton and Hall textbook of medical physiology (12th ed.). Philadelphia, Pa.: Saunders/Elsevier. p. 3. ISBN 978-1-4160-4574-8.