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Chapter 1- The Study of Body FunctionPhysiologyFundamentally represents the study of how living organisms work (the nature of the organism starting at the molecular level)oMoleculesðcellðtissueð ... organðorgan systemOrgan system: set of organs with a similar functionEach level interacts and influences the one above itoHow organisms accomplish tasks essential for life: we run physiological processes every day to be a living organismFunction & integrationoBody parts work together at various levels of organization & wholeorganismoLooking at singular (cellular) processes and how they affect the wholeMechanisms & their effectsoSequence of eventsParts of larger stories. No parts work in isolation - they are all involved in making us healthy and livingo**Misconception - all is known: there is still a lot to be knownHistory of PhysiologyAristotleoSpeculated on function of human bodyoGood heath associated with balance of humours (4 bodily fluids)oCould already see that in order to be healthy there had to be a bodily balanceErasistratusoFather of physiologyoGreek PhysicianoApplied physical laws to study of human bodyoHe modernized and organized the human body and provided examplesoStudied cardiovascular and nervous systemPerformed live dissections on criminalsConsidered the first arythmeologist Distinguished arteries and veins, also differenti [Show More]

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