Comparative animal physiology

[fitzkefas]

The comparative study of the disfunction of the heart and circulatory system. ??what are these disfunctions??

[MarkHolland]

Comparative physiology is a subdiscipline of physiology that studies and exploits the diversity of functional characteristics of various kinds of organisms. It is closely related to evolutionary physiology and environmental physiology. Many universities offer undergraduate courses that cover comparative aspects of animal physiology. According to Prosser, "Comparative Physiology is not so much a defined discipline as a viewpoint, a philosophy.