ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Biochemistry is the Study of the Chemistry of Living Organisms. It includes Knowledge of the Structure and Functions of the Molecules found in the Biological World, and understanding of the precise Pathways by which these Molecules are synthesized and degraded. The Modern Biochemistry was started by British Scientist Joseph Priestley in the 18th Century, by discovery of Oxygen and later developed by French chemist A. Lavoisier, who showed that animals needed oxygen and that respiration involved the oxidation of substances. The Philosophical Problem that occupied much of the 19th Century, with respect to living organisms, was Vitalism. According to this Theory, each living organism should have capabilities derived not only from chemical or physical properties, but also from unknown "vital force". During the first third of 20th Century, the burgeoning of Organic Chemistry put Biochemistry on a sound scientific footing. Hundreds of hitherto unknown Materials were now being isolated from living Organisms, and their Chemical structures and their functions in metabolic Pathways were being Determined. A new era of Biochemistry began with the introduction of the use of Isotopes and activity of many biochemical agents was discovered.

The  Most important areas of Biochemical Science became: Protein structure and Synthesis, Structure and function of biological membranes, the biochemistry of disease, immunology. Hormonal biochemistry. Cancer research and Genetic Engineering. In more recent years, with the development of powerful scientific instruments, biochemistry has also become to include the development of ways to synthesize molecules that duplicate those of living systems, and molecules that can perform entirely new Functions. Thus Biochemistry, while increasingly important in Modern Society as a separate field of Research, is also blending more and more with other biological Disciplines. The Growth of such new areas of study as Cell Biology and Molecular Biology reflects this integration.

Basic Anatomy - Organs & Organ Systems

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A215 : Basic Human Anatomy - Indiana University Bloomington

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