Organic Process

• nutrition

  (physiology) the organic process of nourishing or being nourished; the processes by which...

• autoregulation

  (physiology) processes that maintain a generally constant physiological state in...

• inhibition

  (physiology) the process whereby nerves can retard or prevent the functioning of an organ...

• summation

  (physiology) the process whereby multiple stimuli can produce a response (in a muscle...

Move

• abduction

  (physiology) moving of a body part away from the central axis of the body.

• adduction

  (physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the body.

Alteration

• adaptation

  (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions...

• accommodation

  (physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the natural lens of the ...

Also contains

• sensitivity

  (physiology) responsiveness to external stimuli; the faculty of sensation; "sensitivity...

• contraction

  (physiology) a shortening or tensing of a part or organ (especially of a muscle or muscle...

• neurophysiology

  The branch of neuroscience that studies the physiology of the nervous system.

• stimulation

  (physiology) the effect of a stimulus (on nerves or organs etc.).

• antagonistic muscle

  (physiology) a muscle that opposes the action of another; "the biceps and triceps...

• localization

  (physiology) the principle that specific functions have relatively circumscribed locations...

• control

  (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc; "the timing...

• necrobiosis

  (physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial...

• relaxation

  (physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers.

• irradiation

  (physiology) the spread of sensory neural impulses in the cortex.

• acid-base equilibrium

  (physiology) the normal equilibrium between acids and alkalis in the body...

• homeostasis

  (physiology) metabolic equilibrium actively maintained by several complex biological...

• humor

  (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your...

• hemodynamics

  The branch of physiology that studies the circulation of the blood and the forces ...

• kinesiology

  The branch of physiology that studies the mechanics and anatomy in relation to human...

• myology

  The branch of physiology that studies muscles.

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• physiologist

  A biologist specializing in physiology.