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HOMEOSTASIS [3 records]

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Record 1 2004-02-27

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • General Medicine, Hygiene and Health
DEF

The tendency of an organism to maintain its internal balance.

CONT

Metabolism is a collective term for integrated biochemical processes of the intact organism, differentiated organ, cell, and subcellular organelle. Normal metabolism enables economical homeostasis for the organism by maintaining anabolic and catabolic flow of substrates to products.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Médecine générale, hygiène et santé
DEF

Capacité d'autorégulation d'un système biologique lorsque varient des conditions physiologiques (température, débit sanguin, volumes liquidiens, pH, etc.) du milieu intérieur.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Morfología y fisiología general
  • Medicina, Higiene y Salud
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Record 2 2004-01-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
DEF

The relative stability of the internal environment of a normal organism which is preserved through feedback mechanisms despite the presence of influences capable of causing profound changes.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
DEF

Tendance de l'organisme à maintenir ses différentes constantes à des valeurs ne s'écartant pas de la normale [...]

OBS

[...] l'homéostasie assure, par exemple, le maintien de la température, du débit sanguin, de la tension artérielle, du pH, des volumes liquidiens de l'organisme, de la composition du milieu intérieur, etc.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Morfología y fisiología general
DEF

Tendencia de un sistema biológico a mantener un equilibrio dinámico mediante la actuación de mecanismos reguladores.

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Record 3 2002-09-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Morphology and General Physiology
  • Drugs and Drug Addiction
DEF

The trend toward a relatively stable internal condition in the bodies of the higher animals as a result of a sequence of interacting physiologic processes ...

French

Domaine(s)
  • Morphologie et physiologie générale
  • Drogues et toxicomanie
DEF

Stabilisation, chez les organismes vivants, des différentes constantes physiologiques (équilibre homéostasique).

CONT

"Tous les processus vitaux n'ont qu'un but: le maintien de la constance des conditions de vie dans notre milieu intérieur, élément essentiel de notre vie libre et indépendante." C'est le maintien de cette constance des conditions de vie que W.B. Cannon en 1923 appellera homéostasie.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Morfología y fisiología general
  • Drogas y toxicomanía
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