Physiological condition
or, more often "physiological conditions" is a term used in
biology
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,
biochemistry
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, and
medicine
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. It refers to conditions of the external or
internal milieu that may occur in nature for that organism or cell system, in contrast to artificial
laboratory
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conditions. A temperature range of 20-40
degrees Celsius,
atmospheric pressure
Atmospheric pressure, also known as air pressure or barometric pressure (after the barometer), is the pressure within the atmosphere of Earth. The standard atmosphere (symbol: atm) is a unit of pressure defined as , which is equivalent to 1,013. ...
of 1,
pH of 6-8, glucose concentration of 1-20 mM,
atmospheric oxygen concentration,
earth gravity and
electromagnetism
In physics, electromagnetism is an interaction that occurs between particles with electric charge via electromagnetic fields. The electromagnetic force is one of the four fundamental forces of nature. It is the dominant force in the interacti ...
are examples of physiological conditions for most earth organisms.
References
Physiology
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