Quotes About Physiology

One knows that after violent exercise one breathes heavily for some time: the more violent the exercise, the longer one's respiration is laboured.

Physical presence provides chemical, relational, psychological and physiological effects that virtual relationships cannot. Our brains change in the presence of another person and their behavior.

The living cell almost always contains, locked in its interior, the visible or invisible products of its physiological activity or its nourishment.

I could write a thesis on the physiology of vision. But I had no way to look through the fabric of confabulation spun by a man with severe lung disease who was prescribed 'home oxygen', but gave a false address out of embarrassment because he had no 'home.'

Fright being, in its way, as communicable a disorder as leprosy, I soon felt my own heart pound, my own limbs stiffen

The blood of a redheaded woman is three degrees cooler than the blood of a normal woman. This has been established by medical studies.

When we are around someone who arouses us, our blink rate also tends to increase.

cephalic thermogenesis. Thus

In biology especially, we have labels for everything—molecules, anatomical parts, physiological functions, organisms, ideas, hypotheses. The nominal fallacy is the error of believing that the label carries explanatory information.

I believe that all of us are born heterosexual, physically created with a plumbing that's heterosexual, and created with the instincts and desires that are basically, fundamentally, heterosexual.

So, if anatomy is destiny then testosterone is doom.

Just as the science and art of agriculture depend upon chemistry and botany, so the art of education depends upon physiology and psychology.

Ladies glisten, men perspire, horses sweat. -Early Nun Quote, The Old Ursuline Convent (1727) New Orleans, LA

HGH was responsible for human growth, and lack of it caused dwarfism, or too much of it caused NBA players.

Each emotional system is hierarchically arranged throughout much of the brain, interacting with more evolved cognitive structures in the higher reaches, and specific physiological and motor outputs at lower levels.

Because of the ascending interactions with higher brain areas, there is no emotion without a thought, and many thoughts can evoke emotions. Because of the lower interactions, there is no emotion without a physiological or behavioral consequence, and many of the resulting bodily changes can also regulate the tone of emotional systems in a feedback manner.

physiology of diet-induced ketosis involves the lowering of blood glucose, stored glycogen, and insulin levels. The result is an enhanced release and reliance on fat as fuel.

REFERENCE RANGES FOR POTASSIUM Potassium (mEq/L) Category Greater than 7.0 Extremely high (Severe hyperkalemia) 6.1 to 7.0 Very high (Moderate hyperkalemia) 5.5 to 6.0 High (Mild hyperkalemia) 3.5 to 5.4 Normal 3.1 to 3.4 Low (Mild hypokalemia) 2.5 to 3.0 Very low (Moderate hypokalemia) Less than 2.5 Extremely low (Severe hypokalemia) Target Range: 3.5 to 4.5 mEq/L

REFERENCE RANGES FOR CARBON DIOXIDE Carbon Dioxide (mmol/L) Category Greater than 33 High (Hypercapnia) 21 to 33 Normal Less than 21 Low (Hypocapnia) Target Range: 23 to 29 mmol/L

Although optimal BUN levels can vary according to a person's age and gender, the generally accepted "normal" range is 6 to 20 milligrams per deciliter (mg/dL). Values less than 6 mg/dL are considered low, and values over 20 mg/dL are considered high. There is no optimal value for this lab.

REFERENCE RANGES FOR CREATININE Category Normal Range (mg/dL) Men 0.6 to 1.2 Women 0.5 to 1.1 Children (twelve years of age or younger) 0.3 to 0.7

REFERENCE RANGES FOR ALANINE AMINOTRANSFERASE (ALT) Category ALT Normal Range (IU/L) Men 0 to 55 Women 0 to 40

REFERENCE RANGES FOR ALKALINE PHOSPHATASE (ALP) Category ALP Normal Range (IU/L) Men 15 to 20 years old 45 to 400 Men 20 to 60 years old 25 to 150 Men 60 to 100 years old 25 to 160 Women 15 to 20 years old 45 to 400 Women 20 to 60 years old 25 to 150 Women 60 to 100 years old 25 to 165 Target Range for Both Men and Women: 72.5 IU/L

Humans are mammals and their red blood cells are similar in that they do not have nuclei. Reptiles and birds have nucleated red blood cells, we do