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Section I subjects studied in Physiology
冯鉴强教授
Concept of Physiology
Physiology belongs a branch of biology
What is Physiology?
Physiology is the science of studying the functional activities and its mechanisms in biological body. For example: why can heart automatically beat?
Physiology is also an experiment science .Why?
the theories about the functional activities are based on the experiments
British physiologist, William Harvey set up the modern physiology. Observed that blood flows in heart and vascular system.
In 1628,<<Heart and movement of blood>> was published. It is the first book of physiology based on experiment.
Field of Physiology
Each type of life has its own functional characteristics.
Physiology can be divided into viral physiology, bacterial physiology, cellular physiology, plant physiology, human physiology, and many more subdivisions.
Human physiology is the science of studing the rule of physiological functions in human body.
Animal experiments had e the main way to study physiology, why?
Why must the medical students study human physiology?
Medical science development is closely related to physiology.
(1) The classical traditional chinese medicine textbook(内经)presented much knowledge about 经络 and 脏腑 to guide the medical practice.
(2) Physiology provides the theories to explain many diseases.
(3) Clinical practices test whether the physiological theories are correct or not and promote development of physiology.