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Of Pools, Balance, Equilibria, and Homeostasis:Physiology is the study of life's processes. Indeed, life is not just structure (even if you have been immersed in anatomy and histology for the past few months!).
Learning physiology is therefore different than learning structure. One must build an understanding of the elements and interactions that give the body its process. These introductory pages on homeostasis are designed to help you become familiar with learning process. They use simple, dynamic examples to build up systems that are representative of real physiologic processes. Within the pages, buttons at the top and bottom will take you to other pages at the same outline level. Pages at the next lower outline level are shown in the left margin, where applicable. If you need to move back up one outline level, use the button labeled "Up". You can always return to this introductory page with the "Home" button. If you need to print the entire set of pages, or prefer reading in a linear (one big page) format, you can always go to "All In One Page", or download the handout in Adobe .pdf format. |
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Copyright 1998, Joe Patlak, Department of Physiology, University
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