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Definition: Physiology is the study of the functions of physical and chemical processes in organisms. This subdiscipline of biology deals with how internal and external processes work from the cellular level to the level of the entire organism. Structure and function go hand-in-hand, therefore anatomy is always linked to physiology.

Examples: Some physiological functions of the body are:

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