Human Physiology

Human physiology is the study of how the body functions, focusing on the physical and chemical processes that sustain life. It explores how organs and systems—such as the circulatory, respiratory, nervous, and digestive systems—work individually and together to maintain health and respond to changes in the environment.

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Human Physiology

🫁 Transport, Exchange, Movement and Musculoskeletal System

  • 🌬️ Breathing and Respiration
    • 👃 Respiratory organs in animals
    • 🫁 Respiratory system in humans
    • ↕️ Mechanism of breathing and regulation
    • 💨 Exchange and transport of gases
    • 📊 Respiratory volumes
    • 🤧 Disorders: Asthma, Emphysema, Occupational respiratory disorders
  • 🔄 Body Fluids and Circulation
    • 🩸 Composition of blood and lymph, blood groups, coagulation
    • ❤️ Human circulatory system: heart and blood vessels
    • 📈 Cardiac cycle, cardiac output, ECG, double circulation
    • ❤️ Regulation of cardiac activity
    • ⚠️ Disorders: Hypertension, Coronary artery disease, Angina, Heart failure
  • 🚽 Excretory Products and their Elimination
    • ⚙️ Modes of excretion: Ammonotelism, Ureotelism, Uricotelism
    • 👤 Human excretory system: structure and function
    • 💧 Urine formation and osmoregulation
    • 🔧 Regulation of kidney function (Renin-Angiotensin, ANF, ADH)
    • 🎯 Role of other organs in excretion
    • ⚠️ Disorders: Uraemia, Renal failure, Renal calculi, Nephritis
    • 🖥️💉 Dialysis and artificial kidney
  • 🏃‍♂️ Locomotion and Movement
    • 💪 Types of movement: ciliary, flagellar, muscular
    • 💀 Skeletal muscle: contractile proteins, muscle contraction
    • 🦴 Skeletal system and its functions
    • 🔗 Joints
    • ⚠️ Disorders: Myasthenia gravis, Tetany, Muscular dystrophy, Arthritis, Osteoporosis, Gout

🔄 Control and Coordination Systems

  • 🧠 Neural Control and Coordination
    • ✨ Neuron and nerves
    • 🧠 Nervous system in humans: CNS, PNS, visceral nervous system
    • ⚡ Generation and conduction of nerve impulse
  • 🔄 Chemical Coordination and Regulation
    • 🔵 Endocrine glands and hormones
    • Human endocrine system: Hypothalamus, Pituitary, Pineal, Thyroid, Parathyroid, Adrenal, Pancreas, Gonads
    • 🧩 Mechanism of hormone action
    • 🏷️ Role of hormones as messengers and regulators
    • 📏 Disorders: Dwarfism, Acromegaly, Cretinism, Goiter, Exophthalmic goiter, Diabetes, Addison’s disease

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Human Physiology