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Cellular Homeostasis
APS Education Committee
Michael F. Romero
S. Wright, W.F. Boron, K. Strange and G.R. Dubyak
The APS Education Committee Refresher Course has proven
a valuable asset to the APS membership. We recently completed a series of
what most physiologists would consider the major organ systems. However,
the face of biology and physiology is ever changing. An area of physiology
frequently underrepresented in core medical school and graduate school
curricula is “Cellular Physiology.” To limit this topic, we have chosen to
begin a 2 part series with “Cellular Homeostasis.” Cellular homeostasis
will present and discuss methods for teaching and presenting basic cell
physiology processes common to all cells: (a) development of cellular
membrane potential, (b) cell transporters & channels, (c) cell volume
regulation and (d) cell pH regulation. These fundamental topics are the
building blocks of general physiology.
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