KeenBrain
KeenBrain
KeenBrain

Bernardo Houssay Quotes


Share this page on

Quotes by Bernardo Houssay

Showing 1-4 of 4 Quotes by Bernardo Houssay

The nutritive substances used in greatest quantities by mammals are carbohydrates.

~Bernardo Houssay

Topics: Carbohydrates Greatest Mammals Quantities Substances Used

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Production and consumption of carbohydrates is so well regulated that there is a constant blood sugar level; any accidental increase or fall in blood sugar is rapidly compensated.

~Bernardo Houssay

Topics: Accidental Any Blood Carbohydrates Constant Consumption Fall Increase Level Production Rapidly Sugar Well

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


The constancy of the blood sugar level is maintained by a complex physiological mechanism, a homeostatic mechanism of the same order as those which maintain the body temperature, the blood pressure or the heart rate at normal levels and control many other functions.

~Bernardo Houssay

Topics: Blood Blood Pressure Body Complex Constancy Control Functions Heart Level Levels Maintain Maintained Many Mechanism Normal Order Other Physiological Pressure Rate Same Sugar Temperature Those Which

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


The production and consumption of glucose, and hence, the blood sugar level, are controlled by a functional endocrine equilibrium.

~Bernardo Houssay

Topics: Blood Consumption Controlled Equilibrium Functional Hence Level Production Sugar

Keywords: None


Suggest an Edit


Cite the source


Save to Favorites


Collect


Biography

Nationality: Argentinian

Type: Scientist

Born: April 10th, 1887

Died: September 21st, 1971

Links

Find Bernardo Houssay on Amazon

Related Authors

Isaac Asimov
George Washington Carver
Charles Darwin
Richard Dawkins
Galileo Galilei
Margaret Mead
William Osler
Carl Sagan

Popular Authors

Thomas Aquinas Dave Barry Bill Burr Dolores Huerta Jay-Z Jean Piaget Thomas Sowell Mae West

Change your beliefs...change your life.

Get a related quote or insight every day.

(it's 100% free)

Follow Us On

Today's Birthdays

1806 - Isambard K. Brunel

1821 - Charles Baudelaire

1865 - Adela Florence Nicolson

1872 - Leon Blum

1888 - Sol Hurok

1893 - Charles Simmons

1898 - Paul Robeson

1905 - J. William Fulbright

1906 - Victor Vasarely

1910 - Abraham A. Ribicoff

Birthdays on April 9th
All Birthdays

Popular Topics

Courage Imagination Legal Parenting Politics Religion Romantic Wedding