Advancing physiology education by understanding the multiple dimensions of homeostasis.

ABSTRACT: Homeostasis of the internal environment has been considered the central organizing concept of physiology. However, current definitions of it in textbooks and online teaching sources do not sufficiently reflect how homeostasis serves its central unifying role. Meanwhile, scientific understanding of the functions of the body's structures at multiple levels (molecular, cell, tissue, organ, organ system, and organism) has advanced significantly, but the understanding of homeostasis is still in the same place. In this article, the author describes some issues and insufficiencies in teaching about homeostasis in physiology education and proposes that homeostasis needs to be understood in terms of four dimensions rather than a simple definition: internal, functional organization; functional manif

SUBMITTER: Kuang SY 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10450910 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature