Human Physiology
Human Physiology
15th Edition
ISBN: 9781259864629
Author: Fox, Stuart Ira
Publisher: Mcgraw-hill Education,
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Positive feedback and its role in body functions.

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All living organisms are able to maintain their internal environment constancy with the coordination of nervous system and endocrine system. This internal constancy state is termed as homeostasis. The homeostasis of all physiological process is regulated by a positive and negative feedback mechanism.

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