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ISBN: 9781259853197
Author: Robert Brooker
Publisher: MCGRAW-HILL HIGHER EDUCATION
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Chapter 40, Problem 2CQ
Define homeostasis, and give examples of homeostatically regulated physiological variables in animals.
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