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How Does A Homeostatic System Work?

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Homeostasis. The control system behind maintaining an equilibrium in its internal environment. In humans the homeostatic control system is powered mainly by negative feedback loops to maintain things such as. Internal body temperature, blood glucose levels, etc… This essay focuses on the maintaining of the internal body temperature and the methods used to stop the athlete's body going in either hypothermia(dangerously low internal body temperature) or hyperthermia(dangerously high internal body temperature).

How does the homeostatic system work? The homeostatic system works by having either external or internal stimuli that are picked up by receptors(or sensors) that then carry a signal through the nervous system to a CNS, in the case of

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