physiology - the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organisms accommodation - (physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the natural lens of the eye adaptation - (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light) 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 control - (physiology) regulation or maintenance of a function or action or reflex etc; "the timing and control of his movements were unimpaired"; "he had lost control of his sphincters" antagonistic muscle - (physiology) a muscle that opposes the action of another; "the biceps and triceps are antagonistic muscles" humour, humor - (Middle Ages) one of the four fluids in the body whose balance was believed to determine your emotional and physical state; "the humors are blood and phlegm and yellow and black bile" neurophysiology - the branch of neuroscience that studies the physiology of the nervous system hemodynamics - the branch of physiology that studies the circulation of the blood and the forces involved kinesiology - the branch of physiology that studies the mechanics and anatomy in relation to human movement myology - the branch of physiology that studies muscles irradiation - (physiology) the spread of sensory neural impulses in the cortex cell death, necrobiosis - (physiology) the normal degeneration and death of living cells (as in various epithelial cells) acid-base balance, acid-base equilibrium - (physiology) the normal equilibrium between acids and alkalis in the body; "with a normal acid-base balance in the body the blood is slightly alkaline" autoregulation - (physiology) processes that maintain a generally constant physiological state in a cell or organism inhibition - (physiology) the process whereby nerves can retard or prevent the functioning of an organ or part; "the inhibition of the heart by the vagus nerve" nutrition - (physiology) the organic process of nourishing or being nourished; the processes by which an organism assimilates food and uses it for growth and maintenance relaxation - (physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibers stimulation - (physiology) the effect of a stimulus (on nerves or organs etc.) summation - (physiology) the process whereby multiple stimuli can produce a response (in a muscle or nerve or other part) that one stimulus alone does not produce homeostasis - (physiology) metabolic equilibrium actively maintained by several complex biological mechanisms that operate via the autonomic nervous system to offset disrupting changes innervate - stimulate to action; "innervate a muscle or a nerve" irritate - excite to some characteristic action or condition, such as motion, contraction, or nervous impulse, by the application of a stimulus; "irritate the glands of a leaf" abducent, abducting - especially of muscles; drawing away from the midline of the body or from an adjacent part adducent, adducting, adductive - especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent part afferent - of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying sensory information from the sense organs to the CNS; "afferent nerves"; "afferent impulses" efferent, motorial - of nerves and nerve impulses; conveying information away from the CNS; "efferent nerves and impulses" isometric - of or involving muscular contraction in which tension increases while length remains constant isotonic - of or involving muscular contraction in which tension is constant while length changes voluntary - controlled by individual volition; "voluntary motions"; "voluntary muscles" involuntary - controlled by the autonomic nervous system; without conscious control; "involuntary muscles"; "gave an involuntary start" pressor - increasing (or tending to increase) blood pressure; "pressor reflexes" tonic - of or relating to or producing normal tone or tonus in muscles or tissue; "a tonic reflex"; "tonic muscle contraction" sympathetic - of or relating to the sympathetic nervous system; "sympathetic neurons"; "sympathetic stimulation"

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Physiology - definition of physiology by The Free Dictionary