8 sentences with “physiological”

Blood flow is a vital physiological process that occurs when blood circulates through the blood vessels.

The World Health Organisation considers stress to be the set of physiological reactions that prepare the body for action.

Progressively and without the slightest risk of reaction, the scalp gradually recovers its natural physiological balance.

The World Health Organisation has labelled stress as "the set of physiological reactions that prepare the organism for action".

Overweight is the physiological condition in which body weight is up to 10 kilograms higher than is appropriate for age, sex, height, build and type of work activity.

Like all living things, the camel drinks to restore the normal water content in its body; it is just that - by various physiological mechanisms - it is amazingly adapted to desert conditions, and reduces fluid loss to a minimum during its activity in extreme temperatures.

It has been found that the human organism can withstand stressful situations for a short time but cannot - and does not know how to cope with them beyond that time. The main physiological changes recorded are: high blood pressure, arteriosclerosis and weakening of the immune system as a consequence of this abnormal state of the nervous system.

Camels have important physiological mechanisms for survival. For example, they accumulate heat during the day: in the morning, their body temperature can be 34°C and in the evening it can reach 41°C. This high heat gain means that they store heat. This large increase implies a storage of heat, which is not eliminated by perspiration, thus saving five litres of water during the day, which would otherwise have to be lost through sweating to maintain a constant body temperature.