Comparative Animal Physiology: Vocabulary
Constructed by BIOL4000/5000 students (Spring 2009)
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Acclimation

Allometric scaling (see also Isometric Scaling)

Anabolism (see also Catabolism)

Basal Metabolic Rate

Catabolism (see also Anabolism)

Conformer (see also Regulator)

Endotherm

Enthalpy

Entropy

Feedback loop:
    Negative
    Positive

Homeorrhesis (see also Homeostasis)

Homeostasis (see also Homeorrhesis)

Homeotherm

Isometric Scaling (see also Allometric Scaling)

Glycolysis

Oxidative Phosphorylation

Regulator (see also Conformer)