Physiology terms
How the body works: the processes behind breathing, circulation, nerve signals and metabolism. 89 words, each with its meaning and an example.
- Absorb
- Absorption
- Adapt
- Agonist
- Aldosterone
- Angiotensin
- Balance
- Bilirubin
- Blood
- Buffer
- Circulation
- Coagulation
- Conductivity
- Contractility
- Control
- Cycle
- Depolarisation
- Diffuse
- Diffusion
- Digestion
- Effacement
- Electrolyte
- Endocrinology
- Endolymph
- Enzyme
- Exchange
- Excitability
- Excretion
- Ferritin
- Filter
- Filtration
- Fluid
- Glucose
- Glycolysis
- Haemodynamics
- Haemoglobin
- Haemostasis
- Heart
- Hormone
- Humor
- Innervation
- Input
- Involution
- Ionic
- Lochia
- Lungs
- Menopause
- Metabolism
- Micturition
- Neural
- Neuroplasticity
- Neurotransmission
- Nociception
- Osmosis
- Osteoid
- Otolith
- Output
- Oxidation
- Oxygen
- Oxytocin
- Perfusion
- Phagocytosis
- Phosphorylation
- Prolactin
- Puerperium
- Reabsorption
- Reflex
- Repair
- Repolarisation
- Respiration
- Rhythm
- Secrete
- Secretion
- Sense
- Signal
- Sleep
- Sodium
- Stereognosis
- Strain
- Sweat
- Thermoregulation
- Thromboxane
- Thyroxine
- Tonus
- Trigger
- Uptake
- Vasopressin
- Ventilation
- Vital
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