ABB - acid-base balance
ACTH - adrenocorticotropic hormone
ADH - antidiuretic hormone
ADP - adenosine diphosphate
ANS - autonomic nervous system
AP - action potential
APC - antigen-presenting cells
ATP - adenosine triphosphate
BBB - blood-brain barrier
BE - basal exchange
BMI - body mass index
BP - blood pressure
cAMP - cyclic adenosine monophosphate
CBV - circulating blood volume
CLD - critical level of membrane depolarizati
CNS - central nervous system
CO - cardiac output
CSF - colony-stimulating factors
CV - circulating volume
CVS - cardiovascular system
DAG - 1,2-diacylglycerol
DBP - diastolic blood pressure
DNA - deoxyribonucleic acid
ECG - electrocardiography
EDV - end diastolic volume
EEG - electroencephalography
EMF - electromotive force
EMG - electromyography
EP - evoked potentials
EPSP - excitatory postsynaptic potentials
ER - endoplasmic reticulum
ESR - erythrocyte sedimentation rate
FS - functional system
FSH - follicle-stimulating hormone
GABA - gamma-aminobutyric acid
GDP - guanosine-diphosphate
GLUT - glucose transporter proteins
GnRH - gonadotropin-releasing hormone
GTP - guanosine-triphosphate
Hb - hemoglobin
HNA - higher nervous activity
HR - heartbeat rate
HSC - hematopoietic stem cell
IFN - interferons
Ig - immunoglobulin
IL - interleukin
IP3 - inositol triphosphate
IPSP - inhibitory postsynaptic potential
JGA - juxtaglomerular apparatus
LH - luteinizing hormone
LPO - lipid peroxidation
MHC - major histocompatibility complex
MLCK - myosin light chain kinase
MRP - membrane resting potential
MSH - melanocyte-stimulating hormone
MU - motor unit
MVB - minute volume of blood NADPH2 - nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide phosphate
NO - nitric oxide
PDE - phosphodiesterase
PK - protein kinases