Homeostatic

... currents, jet streams, ice caps, lunar orbit, and solar and terrestrial energy input. Some may say that the "purpose" is to maintain a homeostatic condition. That may be the result, or "empirical function," but there is no logical way to assert that it is the purpose or designated ...

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... was just before the big "crash" of January '08 so no surprise it's drifted off into oblivion) What makes you think that the so-called homeostatic system is so reliable as to keep our climate relatively stable? If it is, then what were those ancient ice-ages all about?

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... for the European continent. I have developed my own opinions based on the film. The Gulf Stream conveyor belt seems somewhat analogous to the homeostatic temperature control mechanism of the human body. As with the body, when an increase in body temperature is detected the body responds with ...

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... for a patient with this outcome, to have its body reject its own blood and organs in favour of a donor's? What does liver damage do to the homeostatic mechanisms in the body? What impacts would or should this case have on future science? And how do the immune response systems assist us ...

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... is applied to a sensory receptor, it elicits or influences a reflex via stimulus transduction. A stimulus is often the first component of a homeostatic control system. When a sensory nerve and a motor nerve communicate with each other, it is called a nerve stimulus. A stimulus can also be ...

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