• Question: What is physiology

    Asked by anon-208899 to Tori, Titus, Stuart, Hannah, Gill, Alessandro on 8 Mar 2019.
    • Photo: Stuart Higgins

      Stuart Higgins answered on 8 Mar 2019:

      Physiology is the part of biology which studies how living things work. For example, understanding how cells divide is one of the topics covered by physiology. We do this a bit in our lab when we are interested in whether the spiky surfaces I make stop cells from dividing.

    • Photo: Gill Harrison

      Gill Harrison answered on 8 Mar 2019:

      It’s the study of how organisms, organs, cells etc work.
      Most people study anatomy and physiology, so they learn what an organ or structure is made of, how big it is and then how it works and why.
      In my line of work it’s important to know what normal looks like and then the physiology of what happens when it goes wrong, so that I know what else to look for when scanning.

    • Photo: Hannah Dalgleish

      Hannah Dalgleish answered on 11 Mar 2019:

      Physiology is the study of how bodies (which can include other animals) work in health and disease, and is a key component of the scientific basis of medicine.

    • Photo: Tori Blakeman

      Tori Blakeman answered on 12 Mar 2019:

      I have a friend who is a physiologist in the NHS and she works to test muscle function – for example which parts of the muscles are working and which are not, and why.

      She did the course at Manchester Uni – see more here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYC5pJPSoPg

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