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    Physiology Made Interesting
    Physiology Made Interesting
    Physiology Made Interesting
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    Physiology Made Interesting

    By Dr Kaka Kamal

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    This book is meant for those medical and general students who perceive physiology as a very difficult subject. The reality is that I have always enjoyed studying Physiology.This is my one of my favorite subjects,because I have always studied it in a story like way. I have written this book in a story like fashion as well. As all of us listen to the stories with great interest and enthusiasm .

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDr Kaka Kamal
    Release dateNov 27, 2014
    ISBN9781310168512
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      Physiology Made Interesting - Dr Kaka Kamal

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      Physiology

      Made interesting

      Dr Kaka Kamal

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2014,Dr Kaka Kamal

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-soldor given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person,please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and didnot purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to yourfavorite ebook retailer and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hardwork of this author.

      Chapter 1

      Introduction to Physiology

      Chapter 2

      The Digestive System

      Chapter 3

      The respiratory system

      Chapter 4

      Reproduction

      Chapter 5

      Skeletal System

      Chapter 6

      Immune system

      Chapter 7

      The integumentary system

      Chapter 8

      Circulatory system

      Chapter 9

      Nervous system

      Chapter 10

      Lymphatic system

      Chapter1

      Introduction to Physiology

      What is Physiology?

      Physiology intends to comprehend the mystry of living - how living things function. Human physiology ponders how our cells, muscles and organs cofunction, how they interface. Physiology, off and on again alluded to as the science of life, takes a gander at living instruments, from the atomic premise of cell capacity to the entire incorporated conduct of the whole body.

      The expression physiology originates from the Ancient Greek physis, which signifies nature, root, and logia, which signifies investigation of.

      Physiologists are everlastingly endeavoring to discover the responses to enter addresses in single cell capacities, how human populaces communicate, our surroundings on earth; as it were, a greatly extensive variety of subjects.

      Physiologists say that physiology is a major science for seeing about existence, how to go about treating infections and adapting to the anxieties our bodies are presented to in distinctive situations. Pathophysiology tries to comprehend the anomalies that happen in human and creature maladies. Physiologists work nearly with different researchers and social insurance experts in searching out new strategies for treating those sicknesses (translational examination). What is the contrast in the middle of physiology and anatomy?anatomy analyzes and portrays the structures of living things. Life structures ponders the structure, while physiology takes a gander at the capacity - life structures takes a gander at what it is, while physiology takes a gander at what it does.

      Historical Background of Physiology

      Physiology and life structures are nearly related discilines; they are naturally interfaced. Medicinal understudies have a tendency to study the two orders in pair. The historical backdrop of physiology According to archeological and chronicled records, human physiology, as a sort of control, began around 420 BC in old Greece at the Hippocratic School of Medicine. Hippocrates of Kos (460-370 BC), considered by a lot of people as the father of solution as we know it today, settled prescription as its own particular control. Alongside his understudies, he composed broadly on physiology.

      Some say that Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC), who concentrated on the relationship in the middle of structure and capacity, was the true pioneer of physiology.

      Galen (Claudius Galenus, around 129-200/216), a noticeable Greek doctor in Ancient Rome, analyzed creatures and got to be by contemporary principles a master anatomist and physiologist. He said that monkeys that strolled on two legs, as we do, would most likely give specialists learning that could be connected to people. Galen is known as the organizer of trial physiology. It was not by any means until the nineteenth century that physiology began making fast progressions. Matthias Schleiden (1804-1881), a German botanist, and Theodor Schwann (1810-1882), a German physiologist, were fellow benefactors of the cell hypothesis - the thought that each living thing is made up of cells; with cells being the fundamental unit structure of everything that lives. Major Branches of Physiology:

      Branches of Physiology

      Some major subtypes of physiology are give below.

      Cell Physiology/Cytophysiology:

      This limb manages the working of a cell. It incorporates the investigation of development, support, regulation and division of a cell and collaboration between the core and the cytoplasm. It might be further separated as per the specific organelle we are examining. For instance, in layer physiology we ponder the working of cell layers.

      General Physiology:

      When all is said in done physiology, those capacities and indispensable techniques are centered which are normal to all living life forms.

      Special (or Organ) Physiology:

      In this limb, working of a specific organ is considered.

      System Physiology:

      In this branch of pjysiology, utilitarian parts of a specific arrangement of the body are considered. Framework physiology could be separated into different sub-limbs relying on the framework under study. Case in point, renal physiology manages the working of the kidneys, endocrinology manages the working of the endocrine framework (comprising of hormones and endocrine organs), invulnerable physiology manages the working of the resistant framework, and so on.

      Pathophysiology/Morbid Physiology: In this division, cluttered capacities or capacities in sick tissues are considered.

      Developmental Physiology: In this category, physiological courses of action are considered in connection to their embryonic improvement.

      Comparative Physiology:

      In this subtype, physiological methods of diverse species are contrasted and each other.

      Environmental Physiology:

      Physiological methods happening in living creatures are mulled over in connection to nature. It incorporates the investigation of adjustments that happen in creatures under diverse evironmental anxieties.

      Exercise Physiology:

      We contemplate diverse techniques and changes that happen in body amid activity. It additionally incorporates the investigation of enduring impacts of activity on the body and the valuable or antagonistic impacts of activity in different obsessive conditions.

      Space Physiology:

      Physiological techniques and progressions are examined in connection to the space, that is, in space travelers.

      Aviation Physiology:

      Physiological techniques and progressions are examined in connection to the flying machine pilots.

      High Altitude Physiology:

      This manages the investigation of physiological methodologies and adjustments occurring in the individuals living at high heights.

      Deep Sea Physiology:

      Physiological methodologies and progressions are contemplated in the individuals who need to dive deep in the ocean. These individuals incorporate proficient jumpers and naval force submarine team.

      Chapter 2

      The Digestive System

      The digestive system is a gathering of organs cooperating to change over nourishment into vitality and fundamental supplements to bolster the whole body. Nourishment passes through a long tube inside the body known as the sustentative waterway or the gastrointestinal tract (GI tract). The sustentative channel is made up of the oral cavity, pharynx, throat, stomach, small digestion tracts, and internal organs. Notwithstanding the sustentative channel, there are a few vital frill organs that help your body to process food. but don't have a sustenance pass through them. Embellishment organs of the digestive system incorporate the teeth, tongue, salivary organs, liver, gallbladder, and pancreas.

      Nourishment starts its adventure through the digestive system in the mouth, otherwise called the oral depression. Inside the mouth are numerous extra organs that support in the processing of nourishment the tongue, teeth, and salivary organs. Teeth cleave nourishment into little pieces, which are soaked by spit before the tongue and different muscles push the sustenance into the pharynx.

      Teeth. The teeth are 32 little, hard organs found along the front and parallel edges of the mouth. Every tooth is made of a bone-like substance called dentin and secured in a layer of polish the hardest substance in the body. Teeth are existing organs and contain veins and nerves under the dentin in a delicate area known as the mash. The teeth are intended for cutting and pounding nourishment into littler pieces.

      Tongue. The tongue is placed on the sub-par segment of the mouth simply back and average to the teeth. It is a little organ made up of a few sets of muscles secured in a dainty, uneven, skin-like layer. The outside of the tongue contains a lot of people unpleasant papillae for grasping

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