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Temperature Regulation
Stewart Richards
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Paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages, 27 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: PSA; PSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
MANY aspects of physiology are best understood in terms of bodily reactions to environmental stress, and temperature is one of the most often encountered stress factors in the environment. The responses to temperature can involve practically all of the organ systems of the body and it is for this reason that the study of the regulation of body temperatures represents one of the finest examples of complex reaction integrated by the nervous and endocrine systems, and hence of the principles of biological control. Thus, while thermoregulation offers an abundance of opportunities for the individual who likes to specialize in depth, ... Read more
MANY aspects of physiology are best understood in terms of bodily reactions to environmental stress, and temperature is one of the most often encountered stress factors in the environment. The responses to temperature can involve practically all of the organ systems of the body and it is for this reason that the study of the regulation of body temperatures represents one of the finest examples of complex reaction integrated by the nervous and endocrine systems, and hence of the principles of biological control. Thus, while thermoregulation offers an abundance of opportunities for the individual who likes to specialize in depth, ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
Number of Pages
212
Place of Publication
New York, NY, United States
ISBN
9780387911144
SKU
V9780387911144
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99-15
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