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    Homeostasis, also spelled homoeostasis (from Greek: ὅμοιος homoios, "similar" and στάσις stasis, "standing still"), is the property of a system in which variables are regulated so that internal conditions remain stable and relatively constant. Examples of homeostasis include the regulation of temperature and the balance between acidity and alkalinity (pH). It is a process that maintains the stability of the human body's internal environment in response to changes in external conditions.

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    Homeostasis, also spelled homoeostasis (from Greek: ὅμοιος homoios, "similar" and στάσις stasis, "standing still"), is the property of a system in which variables are regulated so that internal conditions remain stable and relatively constant. Examples of homeostasis include the regulation of temperature and the balance between acidity and alkalinity (pH). It is a process that maintains the stability of the human body's internal environment in response to changes in external conditions.

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    Homeostasis

    Transféré par

    Jon Stewart
    Homeostasis, also spelled homoeostasis (from Greek: ὅμοιος homoios, "similar" and στάσις stasis, "standing still"), is the property of a system in which variables are regulated so that internal conditions remain stable and relatively constant. Examples of homeostasis include the regulation of temperature and the balance between acidity and alkalinity (pH). It is a process that maintains the stability of the human body's internal environment in response to changes in external conditions.

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    HomeostasisWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia

    Homeostasis
    FromWikipedia,thefreeencyclopedia

    Homeostasis,alsospelledhomoeostasis(fromGreek:homoios,"similar"andstasis,
    "standingstill"),isthepropertyofasysteminwhichvariablesareregulatedsothatinternalconditions
    remainstableandrelativelyconstant.Examplesofhomeostasisincludetheregulationoftemperature
    andthebalancebetweenacidityandalkalinity(pH).Itisaprocessthatmaintainsthestabilityofthe
    humanbody'sinternalenvironmentinresponsetochangesinexternalconditions.
    TheconceptwasdescribedbyClaudeBernardin1865andthewordwascoinedbyWalterBradford
    Cannonin1926.[1]Althoughthetermwasoriginallyusedtorefertoprocesseswithinlivingorganisms,
    itisfrequentlyappliedtoautomaticcontrolsystemssuchasthermostats.Homeostasisrequiresasensor
    todetectchangesintheconditiontoberegulated,aneffectormechanismthatcanvarythatcondition
    andanegativefeedbackconnectionbetweenthetwo.
    Lookuphomeostasisin
    Wiktionary,thefree
    dictionary.

    Contents
    1Examplesfromtechnology
    2Biological
    2.1Controlmechanisms
    2.1.1Negativefeedback
    2.2Homeostaticimbalance
    3Ecological
    4Biosphere
    5Reactive
    6Otherfields
    6.1Risk
    6.2Stress
    7Psychological
    8Seealso
    9References
    10Furtherreading
    11Externallinks

    Examplesfromtechnology
    Thefollowingareallexamplesoffamiliarhomeostaticmechanisms:
    Athermostatoperatesbyswitchingheatersorairconditionersonandoffinresponsetotheoutput
    ofatemperaturesensor.
    Cruisecontroladjustsacar'sthrottleinresponsetochangesinspeed.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeostasis

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