In physiology, we teach that there are (at least) seven hierarchal levels of organization to the human body. We are organisms (the organismal level) made up of eleven interdependent organ systems (i.e., cardiovascular, digestive, endocrine, integumentary, lymphatic, muscular, nervous, reproductive, respiratory, skeletal, and urinary systems) consisting of multiple organs (the organ level) working together to perform a common function or functions. Organs consist of at least two different tissue types (the tissue level) that perform a specific function within the body. Tissues consist of numerous types of cells (the cellular level) that, in turn, are made up of internal cellular organs that perform specific functions within the cell. At the basic level (the chemical level), the human organism is made up atoms and molecules and atoms. With the ongoing discoveries in the field of quantum physics, we might also begin to consider the human organism at a subatomic level. Further, as quantum physicists probe deeper into the very structure of life, we learn that at some level all life is merely energy. In Physics, we learned the law of conservation of energy. The law of conservation of energy states that energy can be neither created nor destroyed. My mind begins to get overwhelmed as I move to this level of physiology—as physiology moves to physics—but what I can understand is that at the very foundations of life we are one. Thus, the Physical and Spiritual dimensions merge as one. Can we truly begin to grasp this as a society?
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