Environmental Physiology

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The study of how the body responds to physical activity and exercise in different environmental conditions, including altitude, heat, cold, and humidity.

Homeostasis: The maintenance of a stable internal environment in response to external changes and stresses.
Biological systems: The different organ systems involved in environmental physiology, including the cardiovascular, respiratory, and muscular systems.
Energy metabolism: The processes by which the body produces energy for physical activity, such as aerobic and anaerobic respiration.
Muscle physiology: The mechanisms of muscle contraction and relaxation, and how they are affected by exercise.
Heart rate variability: The variation in time intervals between successive heartbeats, which is an important measure of the body's stress response and recovery.
Oxygen uptake: The body's ability to transport and use oxygen during physical activity.
Thermoregulation: The process by which the body controls its temperature in response to environmental temperature changes.
Exercise testing and prescription: The measurement and analysis of physiological responses to exercise, and the design of exercise programs to achieve specific goals.
Environmental factors: The effects of different environmental conditions (e.g. altitude, temperature, humidity) on physiological responses and performance.
Stress and adaptation: How the body responds to and adapts to different types and intensities of exercise, and how this affects performance and health.
Nutritional factors: The role of nutrition in fueling physical activity, supporting recovery, and optimizing performance.
Aging and disease: How environmental physiology changes over the lifespan, and how diseases like diabetes and heart disease affect physiological responses and performance.
Altitude Physiology: This type of physiology studies the adaptations and responses of the human body to high altitude conditions.
Aquatic Physiology: This field of study deals with the effects of immersion on the human body, including the responses to swimming and diving.
Cold Physiology: It is related to the effects of cold temperatures on the human body, including hypothermia, frostbite, and other cold-related injuries.
Heat Physiology: It studies the human body's responses to high temperatures, including dehydration, heat stroke, and other heat-related injuries.
Hypoxic Physiology: Hypoxia studies the physiological effects of reduced oxygen availability on the human body.
Microgravity Physiology: It is related to the effects of zero gravity or microgravity on the human body, including the cardiovascular, musculoskeletal, and other physiological systems.
Exercise and Muscle Physiology: This subfield of physiology examines the effects of physical activity on the human body, including muscle adaptations in response to exercise.
Environmental Toxicology: It studies the effects of environmental contaminants on organisms, including human beings.
Stress Physiology: It is related to the study of how organisms respond to stress, including environmental and physiological stressors.
Sleep Physiology: This subfield focuses on the effects of the sleep environment on the human body, including sleep quality, duration, and timing.
Nutritional Physiology: It studies the interactions between food intake and the physiological processes of the human body, including metabolism, digestion, and absorption.
Aging Physiology: It is related to the study of physiological changes associated with aging.
Cardiovascular Physiology: This subfield focuses on the study of the cardiovascular system, including the heart and blood vessels.
Respiratory Physiology: This subfield studies the processes and mechanisms that control breathing and the exchange of gases in the lungs.
Biomechanics: It studies the mechanical properties of biological systems, including humans' musculoskeletal and cardiovascular systems.
"Exercise physiology is the physiology of physical exercise."
"It is one of the allied health professions."
"Exercise physiologists study the acute responses and chronic adaptations to exercise."
"Exercise physiologists utilize education, lifestyle intervention, and specific forms of exercise to rehabilitate and manage acute and chronic injuries and conditions."
"Understanding the effect of exercise involves studying specific changes in muscular, cardiovascular, and neurohumoral systems."
"Specific changes in muscular, cardiovascular, and neurohumoral systems lead to changes in functional capacity and strength due to endurance training or strength training."
"The effect of training on the body has been defined as the reaction to the adaptive responses of the body arising from exercise or as an elevation of metabolism produced by exercise."
"Exercise physiologists study the effect of exercise on pathology."
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"Exercise physiologists are the highest qualified exercise professionals."
"Exercise physiologists utilize education, lifestyle intervention, and specific forms of exercise to rehabilitate and manage acute and chronic injuries and conditions."
"The reaction to the adaptive responses of the body arising from exercise."
"Exercise produces an elevation of metabolism."
"Exercise physiologists focus on the mechanisms by which exercise can reduce or reverse disease progression."
"Exercise physiologists study the chronic adaptations to exercise."
"Exercise physiologists study the acute responses to exercise."
"Endurance training leads to changes in functional capacity and strength."
"Strength training leads to changes in functional capacity and strength."
"Muscular, cardiovascular, and neurohumoral systems are the primary systems studied in exercise physiology."
"Exercise physiologists are the highest qualified exercise professionals."