It is also defined as the study of material bodies or substances, as in the natural sciences, which are under the general heading of physicalism. [Soma is from the New Latin, somatologia, from the ancient Greek somatos + logia, -logy, the study of]. Ancient writers, including St. Paul (see 1 Thessalonians 5:23 ), said that individual human beings are a complex integration of three components  : body, mind and spirit — soma, psyche and pneuma. In one sense, somatology is the anatomical and physiological study of the entire body — attempting to learn how the different parts of the body work together. In this sense, somatology can also refer more generally to the properties associated with living organisms other than humans. The study of anatomy and physiology is important for medical practice, among other things, and is practiced in numerous colleges and universities all over the world. People who work in this area of somatology study a variety of topics related to the body and how it functions. They may be interested in pathology, studying what happens when the body is injured or diseased, and they may also be interested in topics like biomechanics, studying the movement and articulation of the body. Training in this field can be applied to the practice of physical therapy, pathology, and many allied medical professions.
It is also defined as the study of material bodies or substances, as in the natural sciences, which are under the general heading of physicalism. [Soma is from the New Latin, somatologia, from the ancient Greek somatos + logia, -logy, the study of]. Ancient writers, including St. Paul (see ), said that individual human beings are a complex integration of three components (tripartite : body, mind and spirit — soma, psyche and pneuma. In one sense, somatology is the anatomical and physiological study of the entire body — attempting to learn how the different parts of the body work together. In this sense, somatology can also refer more generally to the properties associated with living organisms other than humans. The study of anatomy and physiology is important for medical practice, among other things, and is practiced in colleges and universities all over the world. People who work in this area of somatology study a variety of topics related to the body and how it functions. They may be interested in pathology, studying what happens when the body is injured or diseased, and they may also be interested in topics like biomechanics, studying the movement and articulation of the body. Training in this field can be applied to the practice of physical therapy, pathology, and many allied medical professions.
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1 Thessalonians 5:23
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(tripartite
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numerous