Biology GCSE
Regulation of internal conditions
What Regulation of internal conditions means in Biology GCSE, as defined for AQA.
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The regulation of the internal conditions of a cell or organism to maintain optimum conditions for function in response to internal and external changes.
Topics that use Regulation of internal conditions
- Homeostasis (AQA GCSE)
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