Importance of Physiology

Serena Cuoghi
Title of Professor of Biology

One of the most practical functions of biology is based on the investigation of the processes through which organisms have to regulate their metabolic activities, in order to maintain organic balance in the face of variations to which it is subjected both internally and through the environment abroad. This continuous process of observation and analysis of the behavior of organic systems corresponds to the studies of physiology, which can well be particularized in a individual, as generalized according to the species, in order to have a matrix of reactions and responses typical of said species, thus allowing the ranges to be within normal limits of their physiological values ​​and determine when these are altered in the individual, a fact that leads to the possibility of investigating the factors that disturb the balance of your organism.

Chemical behavior analysis

The evaluation of the chemical behavior of the reactions that occur in each of the organs of the body has been one of the greatest precursors of the advancement of medicine, of the other diverse areas of health and even those that may be more linked to more social phenomena such as ecology and neuroscience applied to education. This wide range of possibilities in the application of physiology as a source of knowledge for science, is due to the fact that it is focused on the study of the personal chemical laboratory that makes possible the existence of each being alive.

Knowledge about the physiological mechanisms of plant species has also been a determining factor in the advancement and improvement of agricultural processes, representing a enormous advantage when considering the environmental factors necessary for the development of each species, thus optimizing resources and obtaining results through harvests on a large scale, seeing through applications such as this the strong positive influence that physiology prints on the various technological processes on which it depends The humanity.

The actions of the organs

From a more biological perspective, each organ in the body is specialized in fulfilling a very specific and limited group of functions, for For example, the kidneys are responsible for filtering accumulated impurities in the blood, as well as regulating the adequate amount of water present throughout the body. organism. This last function is part of a complex system in which other organs and structures also interact, so that it can finally be executed by the kidneys through, to a great extent, by the directed action in the process of chemical transformations denominated cycle of the urea.

Within this same order of ideas, all the other essential functions that make it possible for an organism to stay alive depend on the correct functioning of each of the bodies that constitute it, either in their individualized actions, or in the participation that these actions themselves have as part of a system in which a true teamwork is developed between the various linked organs and their corresponding substances and reactions chemicals.

Another typical example that can be cited of this dynamic between organs and functions is that of the respiratory system, which is destined for providence of oxygen necessary for the process of obtaining energy from each of the cells of the organism, through a complex dynamic in which a large number of structures and organs such as the nose, trachea, bronchi and lungs, with the participation of glands such as the pituitary and the bronchial.

In health and illness

The loss of the right proportion in which the multiple substances and chemical elements must be available, generates as a consequence the development of alterations in the correct functioning of the metabolic routes in which they intervene, and the result of all this It is the development of a disease of metabolic origin, such as diabetes, hypertension and even various types of cancer.

On the other hand, providing the body with all the necessary elements through adequate nutrition, as well as developing adequate emotional control and mental hygiene, become essential issues to maintain the balance of the physiological actions of the body, thus achieving much healthier, longer lives and with a much greater productivity thanks to the fact of being able to count on enough energy to carry out each necessary action, both in the organic and biological plane, as well as in the intimate staff.

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