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Feedback, Biochemical

Medical Definition: A mechanism of communication among life processes to coordinate development, reproduction, and homeostasis. In humans, feedback loops are especially important for communication between organs that are spatially separated. Virtually all hormones from the nervous and endocrine systems are under feedback control: by peripheral hormones, cations, metabolites, osmolarity or extracellular fluid volume.
Also Called: Negative Feedback, Biochemical,Positive Feedback, Biochemical
Previously Indexed: Feedback (1964-2001)

Feedback, Biochemical Medical Definitions and Terms

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