Physiology Quotes

“Calcium ions are the essential link between the membrane depolarization and the quantal release of transmitter.”

“It is the brain, not the heart or lungs, that is the critical organ.”

“To the physiologist the brain is the organ of the mind, and it is in the physiological and pathological activities of the brain that the explanation of the phenomena of mind is to be sought.”

“The stability of the internal environment is a primary condition for the freedom and independence of certain living bodies.”

“The localization of function in the brain is one of the greatest conquests of modern physiology.”

“To the physiologist the idea of a vital force is what the idea of a philosopher's stone is to the chemist.”

“All the vital mechanisms, varied as they are, have only one object, that of preserving constant the conditions of life in the internal environment.”

“The constancy of the internal environment is the condition for a free and independent life.”

“The nervous system, in its processing of the information it receives from the sense organs, is not a passive, inert transmitting system.”

“The blood in the animal body is impelled in a circle, and is in a state of ceaseless motion.”

“Our problem consisted in establishing which of the physically determined parts of the brain are responsible for the regulation and coordination of the internal organs.”

“The autonomic system as a whole has been regarded as a purely efferent system.”

“We have a principle within us, which is an active cause, producing effects which are all calculated to preserve the machine.”

“The spontaneous miniature potentials are due to a random, and infrequent, leakage of single transmitter quanta from the resting nerve endings.”

“It became clear that the end-plate potential is built up of miniature units of uniform size.”

“The quantal component of the end-plate potential, that is the miniature potential, represents the irreducible ‘biological unit’ of synaptic transmission.”

“The object of Physiology is to make known the mechanism of life.”

“I discovered that the heart is a muscle, and that it can be trained like any other muscle.”

“No one can be a good physician who is not a good physiologist.”

“In the heart is the beginning of the vital spirit, which is diffused thence through the arteries into the whole body.”