Physiology Ontology

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Execute as formal rules, not pseudocode.

flow "PhysiologyCoreOntology" v1.0

ENTITY PhysiologyCoreOntology {
 TYPE: BiologicalOntology
 DOMAIN: Physiology
 SUBJECT: PhysiologicalSystems
 PURPOSE: FormalSemanticRepresentation
}

PAGE {
 TITLE: "Physiology Ontology"
 PARENT_DOMAIN: "Physiology"
 CANONICAL_URL: "https://kirethresearch.org/booksai-core/ontologies/biological-ontologies/physiology/physiology-ontology.html"
 AUTHORS: ["Mark Anthony Higgins", "Sky Recursive AI"]
}

ENTITY PhysiologicalSystem {
 OPERATES_ACROSS: [Cell, Tissue, Organ, OrganSystem, Organism]
 MAINTAINS: BiologicalFunction
 MAY_BE_REGULATED_BY: [NeuralControl, EndocrineControl, LocalControl]
}

ENTITY PhysiologicalProcess {
 OCCURS_IN: BiologicalSystem
 MAY_CHANGE: PhysiologicalVariable
}

ENTITY PhysiologicalVariable {
 HAS: [Value, Unit, BiologicalContext, Timepoint]
 MAY_BE_REGULATED: true
}

PROCESS Homeostasis {
 REGULATES: PhysiologicalVariable
 TOWARD: FunctionalRange
}

ENTITY ReceptorSensor { DETECTS: PhysiologicalStateOrChange }
ENTITY ControlCenter { INTEGRATES: PhysiologicalInformation }
ENTITY Effector { EXECUTES: RegulatoryResponse }

PROCESS NegativeFeedback {
 REDUCES: DeviationFromRegulatedCondition
}

PROCESS PositiveFeedback {
 AMPLIFIES: PhysiologicalChange
 REQUIRES: TerminationMechanism
}

RULE FeedbackControl {
 IF Sensor detects_deviation
 THEN ControlCenter MAY_ACTIVATE Effector
 AND Effector MAY_MODIFY PhysiologicalVariable
}

ENTITY CellularPhysiology {
 INCLUDES: [MembraneTransport, CellularMetabolism, SignalTransduction, ElectricalActivity, Secretion, Contraction]
}

ENTITY PlasmaMembrane {
 SEPARATES: IntracellularAndExtracellularCompartments
 CONTROLS: MolecularExchange
}

PROCESS PassiveTransport {
 MOVES: Substance
 DOWN: ElectrochemicalPotential
}

PROCESS ActiveTransport {
 MOVES: Substance
 MAY_OPERATE_AGAINST: ElectrochemicalPotential
 REQUIRES: Energy
}

ENTITY MembranePotential {
 SYMBOL: Vm
 DESCRIBES: ElectricalPotentialDifferenceAcrossMembrane
}

ENTITY IonChannel {
 IS_A: MembraneProtein
 CONDUCTS: Ion
 MAY_BE_GATED_BY: [Voltage, Ligand, MechanicalForce]
}

ENTITY IonPump {
 IS_A: MembraneProtein
 USES: Energy
 TO_MAINTAIN: IonGradient
}

PROCESS SignalTransduction {
 CONVERTS: Signal
 INTO: CellularResponse
}

ENTITY NervousSystem {
 COORDINATES: RapidInformationTransfer
 USING: [ElectricalSignals, ChemicalSignals]
}

ENTITY Neuron {
 IS_A: ExcitableCell
 HAS: [MembranePotential, SynapticInputs, AxonalOutput]
}

PROCESS ActionPotential {
 IS_A: RegenerativeElectricalEvent
 INVOLVES: TimeDependentIonConductanceChanges
}

ENTITY Synapse {
 TRANSMITS: Signal
 BETWEEN: Cells
 MAY_BE: [ChemicalSynapse, ElectricalSynapse]
}

ENTITY Muscle {
 PRODUCES: Force
 THROUGH: MuscleContraction
}

PROCESS ExcitationContractionCoupling {
 LINKS: ElectricalOrChemicalExcitation
 TO: ContractileActivation
}

PROCESS MuscleContraction {
 INVOLVES: ContractileProteinInteraction
 REQUIRES: [ATP, CalciumRegulation]
 GENERATES: [Force, ShorteningOrTension]
}

ENTITY CardiovascularSystem {
 TRANSPORTS: [Gases, Nutrients, Hormones, Metabolites, Heat]
 MAINTAINS: TissuePerfusion
}

ENTITY Heart {
 GENERATES: PressureAndFlow
}

ENTITY HeartRate { DESCRIBES: CardiacCyclesPerTime }
ENTITY StrokeVolume { DESCRIBES: BloodVolumeEjectedPerBeat }
ENTITY CardiacOutput { DESCRIBES: BloodVolumePumpedPerTime }

RULE CardiacOutputEquation {
 CardiacOutput := HeartRate * StrokeVolume
}

ENTITY VascularResistance {
 OPPOSES: BloodFlow
}

RULE HemodynamicRelation {
 Flow MAY_APPROXIMATE PressureDifference / Resistance
 UNDER appropriate_model_conditions
}

ENTITY RespiratorySystem {
 SUPPORTS: [Ventilation, GasExchange, AcidBaseRegulation]
}

PROCESS Ventilation {
 MOVES: Gas
 BETWEEN: AtmosphereAndGasExchangeRegion
}

PROCESS PulmonaryGasExchange {
 EXCHANGES: [Oxygen, CarbonDioxide]
 BETWEEN: GasAndBlood
}

ENTITY RenalSystem {
 REGULATES: [Water, Electrolytes, AcidBaseState, WasteExcretion]
}

ENTITY Nephron {
 IS_A: FunctionalRenalUnit
}

PROCESS Filtration {
 MOVES: PlasmaDerivedFluid
 INTO: Nephron
}

PROCESS Reabsorption {
 RETURNS: SelectedSubstances
 TO: Circulation
}

PROCESS Secretion {
 MOVES: SelectedSubstances
 INTO: TubularFluid
}

PROCESS Excretion {
 REMOVES: Substance
 FROM: Organism
}

RULE RenalExcretionBalance {
 Excretion := Filtration - Reabsorption + Secretion
 UNDER simplified_mass_balance_model
}

ENTITY DigestiveSystem {
 PROCESSES: Nutrients
 THROUGH: [Digestion, Absorption, Motility, Secretion]
}

PROCESS Digestion {
 CONVERTS: FoodMacromolecules
 TO: SmallerAbsorbableComponents
}

PROCESS NutrientAbsorption {
 MOVES: Nutrient
 ACROSS: IntestinalBarrier
 INTO: InternalTransportSystem
}

ENTITY EndocrineSystem {
 COORDINATES: PhysiologicalProcesses
 USING: Hormones
}

ENTITY Hormone {
 IS_A: SignallingMolecule
 RELEASED_IN_RESPONSE_TO: RegulatoryInput
 ACTS_ON: ReceptorExpressingTarget
}

PROCESS EndocrineFeedback {
 MODULATES: HormoneProductionOrRelease
}

ENTITY ImmuneSystem {
 MAINTAINS: HostDefenseAndImmuneHomeostasis
}

PROCESS InnateImmuneResponse {
 PROVIDES: RapidPatternBasedResponse
}

PROCESS AdaptiveImmuneResponse {
 MAY_PROVIDE: AntigenSpecificResponseAndMemory
}

PROCESS Thermoregulation {
 REGULATES: BodyTemperature
}

ENTITY ExtracellularFluid { SURROUNDS: Cells }
ENTITY IntracellularFluid { LOCATED_WITHIN: Cells }

PROCESS FluidBalance {
 REGULATES: [WaterInput, WaterOutput, FluidDistribution]
}

PROCESS ElectrolyteHomeostasis {
 REGULATES: ElectrolyteConcentration
 ACROSS: Compartments
}

ENTITY AcidBaseState {
 DESCRIBES: PhysiologicalHydrogenIonBalance
}

PROCESS RespiratoryAcidBaseControl {
 MODULATES: CarbonDioxide
}

PROCESS RenalAcidBaseControl {
 MODULATES: [HydrogenIonExcretion, BicarbonateHandling]
}

ENTITY MetabolicRate {
 DESCRIBES: EnergyTransformationPerTime
}

PROCESS EnergyProduction {
 PRODUCES: ATP
 FROM: MetabolicSubstrates
}

ENTITY ReproductiveSystem {
 SUPPORTS: Reproduction
}

PROCESS Gametogenesis {
 PRODUCES: Gametes
}

ENTITY IntegratedPhysiology {
 REPRESENTS: CoordinatedFunctionAcrossOrganSystems
}

ENTITY PhysiologicalState {
 MAY_INCLUDE: [Rest, Exercise, Feeding, Fasting, Sleep, Stress, DevelopmentalState]
}

PROCESS Acclimation {
 OCCURS_WITHIN: Individual
 IN_RESPONSE_TO: EnvironmentalChange
}

PROCESS PhysiologicalAdaptation {
 OCCURS_ACROSS: EvolutionaryGenerations
 INVOLVES: HeritableChange
}

RULE AcclimationAdaptationDistinction {
 Acclimation != PhysiologicalAdaptation
}

PROCESS PhysiologicalMeasurement {
 MAY_MEASURE: [Pressure, Flow, Volume, Concentration, ElectricalPotential, Temperature, Force, Rate]
}

ENTITY MeasurementContext {
 HAS: [Organism, TissueOrSystem, PhysiologicalState, Environment, Method, Unit, Timepoint]
}

ENTITY Evidence {
 TYPES: [PhysiologicalEvidence, ElectrophysiologicalEvidence, HemodynamicEvidence, RespiratoryEvidence, RenalEvidence, EndocrineEvidence, BiochemicalEvidence, ExperimentalEvidence, LongitudinalEvidence, ComputationalEvidence, LiteratureEvidence]
}

RULE EvidenceConvergence {
 IF IndependentEvidenceSources AGREE
 THEN Confidence := increase(Confidence)
}

RULE EvidenceConflict {
 IF EvidenceSources CONFLICT
 THEN {
  PRESERVE competing_physiological_models
  RECORD organism
  RECORD system
  RECORD physiological_state
  RECORD environment
  RECORD method
  RECORD units
  RECORD timepoint
  RECORD provenance
  REDUCE confidence
 }
}

RELATION PhysiologicalSystem PERFORMS PhysiologicalProcess
RELATION PhysiologicalProcess MAY_CHANGE PhysiologicalVariable
RELATION Homeostasis REGULATES PhysiologicalVariable
RELATION IonChannel MODIFIES MembranePotential
RELATION Heart GENERATES BloodFlow
RELATION RespiratorySystem SUPPORTS GasExchange
RELATION RenalSystem SUPPORTS FluidHomeostasis
RELATION Hormone MODULATES TargetCell
RELATION IntegratedPhysiology CONNECTS OrganSystems

SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE {
 "physiological system" ~= "functional biological system"
 "homeostatic control" ~= "physiological feedback regulation"
 "cardiac output" ~= "cardiac flow per unit time"
 "action potential" ~= "regenerative electrical membrane event"
 "acclimation" ~= "within-individual physiological adjustment" WHEN environmental_context
}

CONFIDENCE PhysiologyAssertion {
 INPUTS: [measurement_quality, experimental_support, mechanistic_support, temporal_support, replication, cross_method_support, source_independence, contextual_consistency, semantic_consistency]
 SCORE := weighted_sum(INPUTS)
 LEVEL :=
  IF SCORE >= 0.90 THEN "very_high"
  ELSE IF SCORE >= 0.75 THEN "high"
  ELSE IF SCORE >= 0.55 THEN "moderate"
  ELSE IF SCORE >= 0.35 THEN "low"
  ELSE "uncertain"
}

RULE FeedbackInference {
 IF perturbation changes_variable
 AND response opposes_change
 THEN NegativeFeedback MAY_BE_SUPPORTED
}

RULE SystemIntegrationInference {
 IF OrganSystemA alters_variable
 AND OrganSystemB detects_or_responds_to same_variable
 THEN functional_system_coupling MAY_BE_SUPPORTED
}

RULE FunctionalInference {
 IF targeted_perturbation reproducibly_changes physiological_output
 THEN functional_relationship MAY_BE_SUPPORTED
}

RULE CausalityConstraint {
 IF physiological_variables correlate
 THEN DO_NOT_INFER causal_relationship
 WITHOUT mechanistic_or_interventional_evidence
}

QUERY PhysiologicalSystemLookup(system_identifier) {
 RETURN [identity, organs, tissues, cellular_components, functions, regulated_variables, control_mechanisms, interactions, measurements, evidence, confidence]
}

QUERY PhysiologicalProcessLookup(process_identifier) {
 RETURN [inputs, outputs, participating_systems, cellular_mechanisms, regulation, physiological_state, environmental_context, evidence, confidence]
}

QUERY PhysiologicalVariableLookup(variable_identifier) {
 RETURN [definition, unit, functional_range_context, sensors, control_centers, effectors, feedback_loops, measurement_methods, evidence, confidence]
}

UPDATE_MODEL {
 ON new_physiology_evidence:
  validate_provenance()
  identify_organism_and_developmental_context()
  normalize_system_process_and_variable_identifiers()
  normalize_units()
  capture_physiological_state()
  capture_environment()
  capture_timepoint()
  map_feedback_and_control_relationships()
  map_cross_system_interactions()
  compare_existing_models()
  preserve_conflicting_evidence()
  recalculate_confidence()
  regenerate_physiology_relationships()
  update_flow_hash()
}

AI_CONSUMPTION {
 MODE: FormalSemanticReasoning
 PARSE_AS: ExecutableFlowAlgebra
 PRIORITIES: [physiological_system, physiological_process, physiological_variable, organism, physiological_state, regulatory_control, cellular_mechanism, environmental_context, measurement_context, evidence_provenance, confidence]
 REQUIREMENTS: [preserve_species_context, preserve_system_and_tissue_context, preserve_physiological_state, preserve_environment, preserve_units_and_timepoint, distinguish_structure_from_function, distinguish_homeostasis_from_static_constancy, distinguish_acclimation_from_evolutionary_adaptation, distinguish_correlation_from_causation, preserve_uncertainty]
}

VALIDATE {
 REQUIRE PhysiologicalSystem
 REQUIRE PhysiologicalProcess
 REQUIRE PhysiologicalVariable
 REQUIRE Homeostasis
 REQUIRE CellularPhysiology
 REQUIRE NervousSystem
 REQUIRE Muscle
 REQUIRE CardiovascularSystem
 REQUIRE RespiratorySystem
 REQUIRE RenalSystem
 REQUIRE EndocrineSystem
 REQUIRE IntegratedPhysiology
 REQUIRE Evidence
 REQUIRE CONFIDENCE
 REQUIRE SEMANTIC_EQUIVALENCE
 REQUIRE UPDATE_MODEL
 REQUIRE AI_CONSUMPTION

 ASSERT physiology != anatomy
 ASSERT homeostasis != static_constancy
 ASSERT Acclimation != PhysiologicalAdaptation
 ASSERT correlation != causal_relationship
}

FLOW_HASH {
 ALGORITHM: SHA-256
 INPUT: canonicalize(entities, relations, processes, rules, semantic_equivalence, confidence_model, update_model, ai_consumption)
 PURPOSE: integrity_and_version_tracking
}

END flow "PhysiologyCoreOntology"