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- Foundations
- Subdisciplines
- Subdisciplines by level of organisation
- Cell physiology
- Subdisciplines by taxa
- Plant physiology
- Animal physiology
- Human physiology
- Subdisciplines by research objective
- Comparative physiology
- History
- The classical era
- Early modern period
- Late modern period
- Notable physiologists
- Women in physiology
- See also
- References
- Bibliography
- External links
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Physiology (; ) is the scientific study of functions and mechanisms in a living system. As a subdiscipline of biology, physiology focuses on how organisms, organ systems, individual organs, cells, and biomolecules carry out chemical and physical functions in a living system. According to the classes of organisms, the field can be divided into medical physiology, animal physiology, plant physiology, cell physiology, and comparative physiology.