QUESTIONS 25 



QUESTIONS ON CHAPTER I 



Define the term physiology. 

 What are the principal divisions of physiology? 

 What is meant by human physiology? 

 Give the derivation of the term physiology. 

 When were the earliest physiological ideas formed? 

 Name some of the earliest physiologists. 



What services did Galen, Harvey, Haller, and Miiller render? 

 What is the aim or object of physiology? 



How is it possible to tell whether a given piece of matter is alive or not? 

 What are the fundamental properties of living things? 

 Define each. 



Are they absolutely characteristic of living matter? 

 What is the "physical basis of life"? 

 Describe protoplasm. 



What is the evidence that protoplasm is a fluid? 

 What is the finer structure of protoplasm? 

 Why is protoplasm not a chemical term? 

 What substance is always present in protoplasm? 

 What characterizes the elements of living matter? 

 What is a cell? 



What are " histological differentiation" and "physiological division of 

 labor?" 



What evidence is there that dead protoplasm differs from living? 



Describe the properties of the cyanogen group. 



What is a biogen? 



What are metabolism, anabolism, and katabolism? 



Describe the internal self-adjustment of metabolism. 



What is meant by "contact changes" of biogens? 



What is the source of the nitrogen of plants? 



What is the function of the nucleus in cells? 



What can be said of the origin of life? 



Give various meanings of the term death. 



