Either may be normal or abnormal. Bear in mind that a function is a duty to be performed, that behind the service there is an intelligence demanding a certain obligation, the performance of which is a function. These orders are known as impulses sent out over the communicative nervous system. Nerves carry motor impulses outward and sensational intelligence of the external requirements inward. Functions which are pathological are performed in an unusual manner.
Functions performed as desired are physiological.
Innate is a director of the organic functions. Animal economy includes the laws which harmoniously govern an organization as a whole, man or animals. The functions of a human body, as a whole, are spoken of as the economic functions, the disposition and regulation of all the organs of the body. The organic functions are directed by spirit, as well in the new-born as in the educated adult. Functions cannot be percented.