Circadian rhythm

Circadian rhythm is biological diurnal (daily) rhythms of living organisms. It comprises behaviour and processes in the body that are regularly repeated throughout a c.24 hour cycle.

The circadian rhythms are part of our biological clocks.

Circadian rythm in humans. Photo: Yassine Mrabet, CC BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0), via Wikimedia Commons)

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