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homeostatic mechanism
Also known as: homeostatic control mechanisms, homeostasis mechanisms, homeostatic mechanism, homeostatic mechanisms, homeostatic control mechanism
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Homeostasis and Health: From Balance to Change | Biological Theory link.springer.com Oct 14, 2025 8 facts
perspectiveLemoine (2025) views health as the imperfect balance and integration of various homeostatic mechanisms across different levels of biological organization, and defines disease as the impairment of this state.
claimWidmaier et al. (2016) claim that physiology as a discipline is centered on the coordinated function of homeostatic control mechanisms.
claimGeneral viability constraints, such as the temperature range required for protein functionality, limit the variability of homeostatic mechanisms in collective entities.
claimAyres (2020) characterizes health as 'vigor,' a property maintained over time by evolved homeostatic control mechanisms that constantly operate to control an organism's plasticity.
claimThe normative value of homeostatic mechanisms for health lies in establishing and modulating conditions necessary for the functioning of parts, so those parts can contribute to the maintenance of the whole system.
claimFor homeostatic mechanisms to maintain a system, regulatory mechanisms must operate both within and across the participating entities, which requires metabolic co-dependencies.
quoteAyres (2020) describes homeostatic control mechanisms in cybernetic terms: "These mechanisms participate in a dynamic equilibrium, requiring sensing of a continuously changing internal variable, and integration of this information into a control center that provides output information to mediate an effector response that responds appropriately to these changes to stay within the setpoint for a particular variable."
claimHomeostatic mechanisms function to establish and modulate conditions necessary for the functioning of parts, enabling those parts to contribute to the maintenance of the whole system.
7.8 Homeostasis and Feedback - Human Biology humanbiology.pressbooks.tru.ca 5 facts
claimA control center is a component of a homeostatic control mechanism that monitors a variable and sends signals to the effector as needed to keep the variable in homeostasis.
claimHomeostatic imbalance occurs when homeostatic mechanisms fail, with diabetes serving as an example of a disease caused by this imbalance.
claimAn effector is a component of a homeostatic control mechanism, such as a gland or an organ, that acts on a signal from the control center to move the variable back toward the set point.
claimHomeostatic mechanisms function continuously to maintain stable conditions in the human body, but when these mechanisms fail, homeostatic imbalance occurs, potentially leading to cellular deprivation, toxic waste accumulation, disease, or death.
claimA sensor is a component of a homeostatic mechanism that senses the value of a variable and sends data on it to the control center.
Feedback Mechanisms | Overview & Research Examples - Perlego perlego.com 3 facts
claimHomeostatic mechanisms in biological systems are control systems that stabilize blood chemistry.
claimHomeostatic mechanisms adjust physiological processes to increase or decrease glucose levels when they deviate from the homeostatic range, ensuring blood glucose levels remain constant over time.
claimHomeostatic mechanisms and physiological control systems function using a feedback system configuration where receptors provide continuous information about the actual state of the system.
A Hilbertian approach to biological problems | PLOS Complex ... journals.plos.org Nov 5, 2024 2 facts
claimHomeostatic control mechanisms explain the emergence of correlations in ion channel expression levels by coupling expression rates to cellular activity.
claimThe co-regulation of ion channels through homeostatic mechanisms allows different channels to compensate for each other to maintain stability and manage the complex interplay between multiple properties to ensure robust macroscopic cellular function.
Homeostasis and Feedback Loops | Anatomy and Physiology I courses.lumenlearning.com 2 facts
claimHomeostatic mechanisms can use different effectors to adjust a variable depending on whether it is above or below a set point, such as sweating when temperature is high and shivering when it is low.
claimIn homeostatic mechanisms like thermoregulation, the hypothalamus stops stimulating physiological responses once the body temperature returns to the normal set point.
Cybernetics 2.0 - Springer Nature link.springer.com 1 fact
claimThe book 'Cybernetics 2.0' discusses homeostasis mechanisms, including homeostasis in cancer, infection homeostasis, body thermoregulation systems, and body temperature oscillation.
4.2 Sleep & Why We Sleep – Introductory Psychology opentext.wsu.edu 1 fact
claimSleep is defined by low levels of physical activity, reduced sensory awareness, and the interplay of circadian and homeostatic mechanisms.
Homeostasis: The Underappreciated and Far Too Often ... - PubMed pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov Mar 10, 2020 1 fact
claimDisruption of homeostatic mechanisms leads to disease, and effective therapy must be directed toward re-establishing homeostatic conditions.
Origins and evolution of the Western diet: health implications for the ... academia.edu 1 fact
referenceAlpern RJ and Sakhaee stated that chronic metabolic acidosis produces significant morbidity through homeostatic mechanisms, as published in the American Journal of Kidney Diseases in 1997.