Maintenance of physiologic equilibrium within the body is known as
a. hemostasis.
b. homeostasis.
c. water balance.
d. metabolic regulation.
B
Maintenance of physiologic equilibrium within the body is known as homeostasis. Hemostasis is not a recognized term. Water balance is only one aspect of homeostasis. Metabolic regulation describes homeostasis, but is not the recognized term for it.
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