How to Use physiology in a Sentence

physiology

noun

• She took a course in anatomy and physiology.
• When your body gets hot, hundreds of thousands of years of physiology kick in to cool you down.
  — Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2023
• Stark went on to write about the physiology of other extreme ways to die in his 2001 book, Last Breath.
  — Elizabeth Hightower Allen, Outside Online, 2 Mar. 2022
• To start with, 14 young women from the dorm—a mix of suspects and control subjects—were asked to come to the physiology lab at the university.
  — Amit Katwala, WIRED, 2 Mar. 2023
• The idea was to find substances that might be able to alter human physiology.
  — Megan Molteni and Elaine Chen, STAT, 30 Sep. 2023
• Yet the former were awarded in chemistry, while the latter was in physiology and medicine.
  — Jeffrey I. Seeman, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2023
• The man in the photo above is Svante Paabo, recipient of this year’s Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine.
  — Karen Kaplanscience and Medicine Editor, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2022
• There are other aspects of brain physiology, such as the way neurons connect, that play a role.
  — Byrodrigo Pérez Ortega, science.org, 10 Jan. 2023
• That animal isn’t the only one that’s hung onto its physiology for an epic amount of time.
  — Manasee Wagh, Popular Mechanics, 14 Nov. 2022
• This has more to tell us about physiology and medicine than a casual glance might suggest.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 3 Oct. 2022
• Anything that keeps our rhythmic physiology from getting the correct materials in the right place, in the right amount, at the right time of day will increase our health risks.
  — Russell Foster, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022
• And this has been done ever since sleep physiology has been studied in the labs with a few electrodes, including some that are put under your chin.
  — Steven Strogatz, Quanta Magazine, 24 Aug. 2022
• That nicely ties back to the category of this award, physiology or medicine.
  — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 3 Oct. 2022
• The new findings add to the growing body of work documenting the effects of space travel on human health and physiology.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 27 June 2023
• The paper goes pretty deep into the intricacies of muscle physiology, but there are a couple of points that stood out to me.
  — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 6 Oct. 2022
• Experts agree that men need skincare products tailored to the physiology of male skin.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 Apr. 2022
• Additionally, the trunk is not a limb and cannot use the tree’s architectural physiology to seal the wound caused by topping.
  — oregonlive, 18 July 2023
• A lot of this comes down to physiology—or, more specifically, your muscle type.
  — Ali Nolan, SELF, 16 June 2022
• And, notably, both research teams lacked the data to say much about how the shelled reptiles ultimately did die, or what their physiology was like in later stages of life.
  — Wired, 19 July 2022
• Her physiology began a metamorphosis; her body began to elongate and stretch; bones seemed to bend as her eyes went wide.
  — New York Times, 1 Jan. 2022
• Prizes were to be established in the fields of physics, chemistry, physiology, literature and peace.
  — Scott Lafee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2023
• Cat physiology supports this by gleaning most of their hydration from the moisture content in their food.
  — Dallas News, 13 Dec. 2022
• The 2023 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine was awarded to the scientists who made this breakthrough discovery.
  — Discover Magazine, 8 Jan. 2024
• For instance, Bates said, people have a good understanding of the physiology of the heart because it’s been dissected and its parts studied.
  — Rachel Shin, Fortune, 8 July 2023
• However, a CT scan shows anatomy, and a stress test reveals physiology -- how blood flows to different areas of the heart at exertion and at rest.
  — Dr. Keith Roach, oregonlive, 22 Feb. 2022
• Some mammals like tenrecs, Holtz notes, change their physiology to become more ectothermic during part of the year.
  — Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 5 July 2022
• And if the problem is severe, surgery may be an option, and there are a few types of surgery that can be done, depending on your individual physiology and issue.
  — Cassie Shortsleeve, Men's Health, 18 Nov. 2022
• But now, given the glacier’s changing physiology, around two-thirds of the refuge is now technically in Swiss territory.
  — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 28 July 2022
• That may sound obvious, but too often that idea has informed health care, with male physiology the default for research and treatment.
  — Lucy Perez, Fortune, 17 Jan. 2024
• There's no one-size-fits-all answer to this question, as the best way to gain muscle will vary depending on your individual physiology and goals.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 22 Dec. 2022

Last Updated: 3 May 2024