A physiologist's view of homeostasis

Advances in Physiology Education

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 259-266

  Modell, Harold ^a   Cliff, William ^b   Michael, Joel ^c   McFarland, Jenny ^d   Wenderoth, Mary Pat ^e   Wright, Ann ^f  

^a Physiology Educational Research Consortium   (United States)

^b NIAGARA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c RUSH MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^d Edmonds Community College   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^f CANISIUS COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Core concepts; Homeostasis; Negative feedback; Regulation

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CLASSIFICATION; COMPREHENSION; CONSENSUS; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; HISTORY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMAN; LEARNING; NOMENCLATURE; PHYSIOLOGY; PROCEDURES; STANDARDS; TEACHING; VOCATIONAL EDUCATION;

ANIMALS; COMPREHENSION; CONSENSUS; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HOMEOSTASIS; HUMANS; LEARNING; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PHYSIOLOGY; TEACHING; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC;

EID: 84964587764     PISSN: 10434046     EISSN: 15221229     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1152/advan.00107.2015     Document Type: Article

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