Interrelationships among whole-body coordination, functional potentiality, and environmental adaptability.
The term "adaptability" or "capacity of adaptation" is the central concept in the general advancement and promotion of research in physiological anthropology. Throughout the history of Homo sapiens, mankind has adapted itself to environmental stress. As a result, numerous physiological polymorphisms in humans are present in our planet-wide distribution. Totally regulated physiological function by integration and coordination is referred to as whole-body coordination and is associated with a high degree of adaptability in humans. Functional potentiality also affects environmental adaptability. Thus, whole-body coordination and functional potentiality are necessary for adaptation to environmental changes. There is an interrelationship among functional potentiality, whole-body coordination, physiological polymorphisms, and environmental adaptability.
Kouda
Katsuyasu
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Department of Hygiene, Kansai Medical University, Osaka, Japan. koudak@takii.kmu.ac.jp
D000222:Adaptation, Physiological; D000883:Anthropology; D004777:Environment; D006706:Homeostasis / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D010641:Phenotype