physiology - the branch of the biological sciences dealing with the functioning of organismsaccommodation - (physiology) the automatic adjustment in focal length of the natural lens of the eyeadaptation - (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 bodyadduction - (physiology) moving of a body part toward the central axis of the bodycontrol - (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 systemhemodynamics - the branch of physiology that studies the circulation of the blood and the forces involvedkinesiology - the branch of physiology that studies the mechanics and anatomy in relation to human movementmyology - the branch of physiology that studies musclesirradiation - (physiology) the spread of sensory neural impulses in the cortexcell 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 organisminhibition - (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 maintenancerelaxation - (physiology) the gradual lengthening of inactive muscle or muscle fibersstimulation - (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 producehomeostasis - (physiology) metabolic equilibrium actively maintained by several complex biological mechanisms that operate via the autonomic nervous system to offset disrupting changesinnervate - 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 partadducent, adducting, adductive - especially of muscles; bringing together or drawing toward the midline of the body or toward an adjacent partafferent - 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 constantisotonic - of or involving muscular contraction in which tension is constant while length changesvoluntary - 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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