Feedforward regulatory processes
A. work in anticipation of changes in regulated variables.
B. are identical to positive feedback processes
C. lead to instability of the regulated variable
D. maximize fluctuations in the regulated variable
E. tend to force physiological variables away from their set point.
A
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