Physiology

• abscess
• absorption
• absorptive state
• accommodation
• acetylcholine
• acidosis
• ACTH
• actin
• action potential
• active hyperemia
• active site
• adaptation
• ADH
• adipose
• adrenaline
• adrenergic
• adrenocorticotropic hormone
• afferent neuron
• afferent pathway
• albumin
• aldosterone
• alkalosis
• all-or-none-response
• allosteric enzyme
• alpha rhythm
• alveolar pressure
• alveolar ventilation
• amino acid
• amylase
• anabolism
• androgen
• antibody
• andiuretic hormone
• antihistamine
• antivenin
• aortic-body chemoreceptor
• apocrine secretion
• arterial baroreceptors
• arteriolar resistance
• atrophy
• automaticity
• autoregulation
• bacteria
• bacterium
• baroreceptor
• basal
• basal metabolic rate
• beta rhythm
• bile
• bile salts
• bilirubin
• binding site
• biological clock
• bioluminescence
• biosynthesis
• blocking antibody
• blood
• blood-brain barrier
• blood clot
• blood pressure
• blood sugar
• blood types
• BMR
• bradykinin
• breathing
• bulk flow
• calcitonin
• carbohydrate
• carbonic anhydrase
• cardiac output
• carotid-body chemoreceptor
• catabolism
• catecholamines
• CCK
• cell-mediated immunity
• central thermoreceptors
• chemical specificity
• chemoreceptors
• chemotaxis
• chitin
• cholecystokinin
• cholesterol
• cholinergic
• chyme
• clearance
• climacteric
• closed circulatory system
• coenzyme
• cofactor
• collagen
• colloid
• command neuron
• compensatory growth
• complement
• complex carbohydrate
• compliance
• conducting portion
• conducting system
• cone
• contractility
• contraction
• contraction time
• control system
• convergence
• core temperature
• corneal reflex
• corticotropin releasing hormone
• cortisol
• cortisone
• countercurrent multiplier system
• CRH
• cross bridge
• crossed-extensor reflex
• current
• dark adaptation
• dead space
• defecation
• deoxyhemoglobin
• diastole
• diastolic pressure
• digestion
• disaccharide
• disinhibition
• diuretic
• divergence
• dominant hemisphere
• dopamine
• dual innervation
• ectopic focus
• edema
• EDV
• EEG arousal
• effector
• efferent neuron
• electrolyte
• embolus
• emulsification
• end-diastolic volume
• endocrine gland
• endocrine system
• endorphin
• endoskeleton
• end-plate potential
• end-systolic volume
• enzyme
• enzyme induction
• epinephrine
• EPP
• equilibrium potential
• erythropoiesis
• erthropoietin
• essential amino acids
• essential nutrients
• ESV
• excitability
• excitatory synapse
• excretion
• exocrine gland
• exoskeleton
• expiration
• expiratory reserve volume
• extension
• extrinsic clotting pathway
• facilitation
• fat
• fatty acid
• feces
• feedback
• fermentation
• ferritin
• fever
• fibrillation
• fibrin
• fibrinogen
• fight-or-flight response
• filtration
• flexion
• flexion reflex
• flexor muscle
• flux
• folic acid
• GABA
• gamma-amniobutyric acid
• gamma globulin
• gastrin
• GFR
• globulin
• glomerular filtration rate
• glucagons
• flucocorticoid
• gluconegenesis
• glucose
• glutamic acid
• glycerol
• glycine
• glycogen
• glycogenolysis
• glycolipid
• glycolytic fast fibers
• glycoprotein
• Golgi tendon organs
• Granuloma
• Hb
• HDL
• hematocrit
• heme
• hemoglobin
• hemostasis
• heparin
• high-density lipoprotein
• histamine
• histone
• holocrine secretion
• homeostasis
• hormone
• humoral immunity
• hydrochloric acid
• hydrolysis
• hydrostatic pressure
• hyperemia
• hyperpolarization
• hypersensitivity
• hypertrophy
• hypoxia
• hypoxic hypoxia
• lg
• lgG
• immune responses
• immunity
• immunoglobulin
• inspiration
• inspiratory reserve volume
• insulin
• interferon
• internal environment
• interneuron
• internuncial neuron
• intrinsic clotting pathway
• intrinsic factor
• ischemia
• isometric contraction
• isotonic contraction
• ketone
• kinesthesia
• kinin
• lactase
• lactic acid
• latent period
• lateral inhibition
• LDL
• lecithin
• ligand
• lipase
• lipid
• lipoprotein
• low-density lipoprotein
• lumen
• lymph
• lymphoid tissue
• lymphokine
• mechanoreceptor
• metabolic acidosis
• metabolic alkalosis
• metabolic rate
• metabolism
• microorganism
• micturition
• mineral
• mineralocorticoid
• mononuclear phagocyte system
• monosaccharide
• monosynaptic reflex
• motor
• motor neuron
• mucin
• mucous membrane
• mucus
• muscle fatigue
• muscle spindle
• muscle tone
• myogenic
• myglobin
• myosin
• negative feedback
• nerve growth factor
• neuron
• neurotransmitter
• neutrophil exudation
• night vision
• nociceptor
• norepinephrine
• optimal length
• organ
• organ system
• osmoreceptor
• oxidative
• oxidative fast fibers
• oxidative slow fibers
• oxyhemoglobin
• pacemaker
• pacinian corpuscle
• palpitation
• pancreozymin
• paradoxical sleep
• parahormone
• parathyroid hormone
• pepsin
• peptide
• peripheral resistance
• peristaltic waves
• permissiveness
• phasic
• phospholipid
• phosphorylation
• photopigment
• photoreceptor
• physiology
• plasma
• plasmin
• pneumothorax
• polypeptide
• polysaccharide
• positive feedback
• postsynaptic neuron
• potential
• potentiation
• presynaptic neuron
• prion
• prohormone
• proprioception
• prostaglandin
• protease
• protein
• prothrombin
• PTH
• pulmonary ventilation
• pulse pressure
• P wave
• QRS complex
• rapid eye movement sleep
• RDA
• reactive hyperemia
• receptor
• receptor potential
• recommended dietary allowance
• recruitment
• red muscle fibers
• reduced hemoglobin
• reflex
• reflex arc
• refractory period
• relative refractory period
• relaxation time
• REM sleep
• renin
• residual volume
• respiration
• respiratory acidosis
• respiratory alkalosis
• respiratory quotient
• respiratory rate
• respiratory system
• resting membrane potential
• rod
• RQ
• saliva
• sarcomere
• saturated fat
• SDA
• secretion
• segmentation
• sensor
• serotonin
• serum
• sinoatrial node
• sliding-filament mechanism
• slow-wave sleep
• somatic receptor
• spatial summation
• specific dynamic action
• specificity split brain
• starch
• steady state
• steroid
• stimulus
• stress
• stretch receptor
• striated muscle
• stroke volume
• substrate
• summation
• surfactant
• synapse
• synaptic cleft
• synergistic muscle
• synthetic reactions
• systemic circulation
• systole
• systolic pressure
• temporal summation
• tetanus
• TH
• thermogenesis
• thermoreceptor
• thick filaments
• thin filaments
• threshold
• thrombin
• thyroid hormone
• thyrotropin
• thyroxine
• tidal volume
• tissue
• tolerance
• trace element
• transferrin
• triacylglycerol
• triglyceride
• triiodothyronine
• tropomyosin
• troponin
• trypsin
• T wave
• twitch
• ultrafiltrate
• unsaturated fat
• urea
• uric acid
• vascoconstriction
• vasodilation
• vasopressin
• ventilation
• vestibular system
• vestigal organ
• viroid
• virus
• vital capacity
• vitamin
• withdrawal reflex