Look up: homeostasis

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   Homeostasis
   Maintenance of constancy or a high degree of uniformity in functions of an organism or interactions of individuals in a population or community under changing conditions, because of the capabilities of organisms to make adjustments.
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   Homeostasis
   control of an organism`s internal environment. Water content, temperature, acid-base balance, level of oxygen and carbon dioxide, adequate supply of energy are some of the many factors in the organism which require monitoring and control. A common form of control is feedback.
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   Homeostasis
   Our body's natural state is one of internal balance or homeostasis. Regards flight or flight, when the danger is over the parasympathetic branch of our autonomic nervous system, antagonistic to the sympathetic branch, returns our body to its more natural state of homeostasis, or internal balance. Imagine what would happen without this!
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   homeostasis
   [n] - metabolic equilibrium actively maintained by several complex biological mechanisms that operate via the autonomic nervous system to offset disrupting changes
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   Homeostasis
   The maintenance of constant internal conditions (mainly of the body fluids) in the face of changing activity and external conditions, to provide optimum conditions for enzyme activity of metabolism. Controlled by negative feed-back loops, in which any change away from the 'goal state' is opposed. The 'ideal state' is never reached, and the metabolism fluctuates or 'hunts' around the optimum within narrow limits, meaning that homeostasis is a dynamic equilibrium, never a static state.
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   homeostasis
   Normal, internal stability in an organism maintained by co-ordinated responses of the organ systems that automatically compensate for environmental changes.
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   Homeostasis
   In medicine and biology, this term is applied to the inherent tendency in an organism toward maintenance of physiological and psychological stability.
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   Homeostasis
   In medicine and biology, this term is applied to the inherent tendency in an organism toward maintenance of physiological and psychological stability.
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   Homeostasis
   the body's co-ordinated maintenance of the stable, internal environment by regulating blood pressure, blood sugar, body temperature, etc
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    Homeostasis
    Automatic self-regulation to maintain the normal or standard state of the body
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    Homeostasis
    Equilibrium of internal environment.
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    Homeostasis
    The system whereby body functions (temperature, blood pressure, etc) remain in equilibrium whatever the outside environment.
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    homeostasis
    term borrowed from physiology, employed for compensatory bodily adjustments to meet changes in the external environment; the maintenance of steady physiological states of the body through self-regulating mechanisms Category: Medicine
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    Homeostasis
    Maintenance of relatively constant internal conditions in the face of a varying external environment.
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    homeostasis
    (= homoeostasis) The tendency towards a relatively constant state. A variety of homoeostatic mechanisms operate to keep the properties of the internal environment of organisms within fairly well-defined limits.
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    homeostasis
    <physiology> A tendency to stability in the normal body states (internal environment) of the organism. It is achieved by a system of control mechanisms activated by negative feedback, for example a high level of carbon dioxide in extracellular fluid triggers increased pulmonary ventilation, which in turn causes a decrease in carbon dioxide co ...
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    Homeostasis
    `Homeostasis ` is the property of either an open system or a closed system, especially a living organism, that regulates its internal environment so as to maintain a stable, constant condition. Multiple dynamic equilibrium adjustments and regulation mechanisms make homeostasis possible. The concept was created by Claude Bernard, often considered as the father of physiology, and published in 1865. The term was coined in 1932 by Walter Bradford Can...
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    homeostasis
    (ho″me-o-sta´sis) the tendency of a biological system to maintain relatively constant conditions in its internal environment while it continuously interacts with and adjusts to changes on the outside. Through homeostatic mechanisms, the human body maintains body temperature, the osmotic pressure of the blood, and ...
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    homeostasis
    any self-regulating process by which biological systems tend to maintain stability while adjusting to conditions that are optimal for survival. If ... [24 related articles]
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    homeostasis
    (homeo- + Gr. stasis standing) a tendency to stability in the normal body states (internal environment) of the organism. It is achieved by a system of control mechanisms activated by negative feedback; e.g. a high level of carbon dioxide in extracellular fluid triggers increased pulmonary ventilation, which in turn causes a decrease in carbon dio...
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    homeostasis
    homeostasis 1. A state of equilibrium or a tendency to reach equilibrium, either metabolically within a cell or organism or socially and psychologically within an individual or group. 2. The ability or tendency of an organism or a cell to maintain internal equilibrium by adjusting its physiological processes. 3. The processes used to maintain such bodily equ...
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    Homeostasis
    - control of an organism’s internal environment. Water content, temperature, acid-base balance, level of oxygen and carbon dioxide, adequate supply of energy are some of the many factors in the organism which require monitoring and control. A common form of control is feedback.
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    homeostasis
    The self-regulating mechanisms whereby by biological systems attempt to maintain a stable internal conditions (e.g., blood pressure, body temperature, acid-base balance) in the face of changes in the external environment. It was the 19th-century French physiologist Claude Bernard who first realized ...
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