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From Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium

• Physiology [r]: The study of the mechanical, physical, and biochemical functions of tissues and how they interact. [e]
• Biology [r]: The science of life. [e]
• Systems biology [r]: The study of biological systems as a whole [e]
• Life [r]: A dynamic system with homeostasis, compositionality, metabolism, growth, adaptation, irritability and reproduction [e]
• Human anatomy [r]: The study of shapes and structures of and within the human body. [e]
• Homeostasis [r]: The coordinated physiological reactions which maintain most of the steady states in an organism. [e]