From Textbook (Medical Speciality Functions) - Unit 2: The Body in Health and Disease

Cardiology

circulate blood throughout the body

Dermatology

receive sensory information (pain, touch, temperature); protect internal organs; regulate body temperature by sweating

Endocrinology

secrete hormones into the blood; direct the activities of the body

Gastroenterology

receive sensory information (taste); digest food; absorb nutrients into the blood; excrete undigested wastes

Gynecology and Obstetrics

secrete female hormones; develop female secondary sexual characteristics; produce ova; menstruate; conceive and bear children; produce milk to nourish children

Hematology

transport oxygen and nutrients to the cells; transport carbon dioxide to the lungs and wastes to the kidneys

Immunology

recognize and destroy disease-causing organisms and abnormal cells

Male Reproductive Medicine

secrete male hormones; develop male secondary sexual characteristics; produce and release sperm

Neurology

receive, relay, and interpret sensory information (vision, hearing, smell, taste) and sensations (pain, touch, temperature, body position, balance); coordinate movement; store and interpret memory and emotion

Ophthalmology

receive sensory information (vision)

Orthopedics

support the body and produce movement of the body

Otolaryngology

receive sensory information (hearing, balance, smell); produce speech

Pulmonology

inhale oxygen; exhale carbon dioxide; exchange gases in the alveoli

Urology

filter out waste products from the blood and excrete them in the urine