physiology

     

Physiology (from Greek: φυσις, physis, “nature, origin”; an λόγος, logos, "speech" lit. "to talk about the nature (of things)") is the study of the mechanical, physical, and biochemical functions of living organisms.

Trivia about physiology

  • The internal workings of living things are studied in this branch of biology
  • The only Nobel Prize that has 2 names is this "or medicine"
  • Appropriately, Paul Nurse shared the 2001 Nobel Prize in this category
  • One of the fields in which a Nobel Prize is given is medicine or this
  • Cornell's medical website calls this study of the functions of living organisms the oldest basic medical science