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physiological variable
a measure of a bodily condition or function
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examples of physiological variables
blood glucose concentration, blood pressure, temperature
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homeostasis
the dynamic maintenance of physiological variables within a predictable range
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set point
the normal ‘basal’ or ‘at rest’ value for a physiological variable
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physiological variables are
inter-dependent
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osmolality
amount of solute present in the blood -> sodium content mainly determines the plasma osmolality
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