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    Homeostasis Homeostasis is the way that a system functions to control and maintain the body’s physiological systems. This system consists of: Stimulus: This is what causes the change of the variable. Variables: This is what changes to cause the systems out of equilibrium. This could be things such as: blood glucose levels, body temperature, salt levels, ph levels, blood pressure. Receptor: This is what detects the change. (pancreas) Control Centre: This is what decides what to do about the change

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    functioning of different cells. This process is crucial to the survival of the person and species. By definition, homeostasis is the process that maintains the stability of the human body’s internal environment in response to changes in external conditions (Karen M. 2015). The liver (autonomic nervous system), kidneys (endocrine system), and brain (hypothalamus system), help maintain homeostasis. The liver is responsible for breaking down and absorbing substances that are toxic and sustaining carbohydrate

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    Maintain Homeostasis

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    Homeostasis is a medical state in which organisms are maintained by biochemical and physiology which are two different pathways.Cells depend on the body environment to live and function. homeostasis keeps the body environment under control and keeps the conditions right for cells to live and function. without the right body conditions certain body parts will not function correctly. homeostasis is a very important part of your body it plays a big roll. Its very important to maintain your homeostatsis

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    Homeostasis is the process of maintaining equilibrium and stable conditions within the internal environment known as extracellular fluid. In order to maintain homeostatically, all the body system need work together. The homeostatic variable consists of the body temperature, pH balance, blood glucose, blood pressure, respiration level, potassium ion, sodium ion, and calcium ion. Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Regulator (CFTR) gene, stop the movement of sodium ion and chloride ion from entering and

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    Homeostasis Lab

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    An important characteristic to survive for all organism is being able to maintain homeostasis. Homeostasis is the ability of an organism to gear towards a stable equilibrium of its internal environment, balancing bodily functions. Since homeostasis is so important, its relationship with exercise was tested to see how the body reacted after the Harvard Step Test. The data supports the hypothesis that the correlation between body mass index and blood pressure is positive, while it does not support

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    Homeostasis Examples

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    Define homeostasis, give three examples , and explain the principle of negative feedback and how this maintains health. Homoeostasis is the maintenance of relatively stable internal conditions despite continuous changes in environment. Some examples of homeostasis is regulation of blood pH, body temperature, and concentration of sugar. A negative feedback system is when the actions of the effectors weakens the stimuli. Most of homeostatic mechanisms are negative feedback. Negative feeback is a big

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    What possible negative consequences could develop when a person experiences a lack of homeostasis in a certain area? Explain. The homeostatic balance can becomes disrupted when cells malfunction and this can be caused by deficiency (cells not getting all they need) or toxicity (cells being poisoned by things they don’t need (Nguyen, 2018) If your body temperature falls too low or goes too high, you might experience hypothermia or heatstroke. If your body can't maintain its energy balance, you might

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    Lab Report Homeostasis

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    Introduction: Homeostasis is a state of balance in the body; it works by making the body systems work together to function normally. The three components of Homeostasis are Thermoregulation, glucose regulation and osmoregulation, there purposes are: - Thermoregulation is the ability to keep the body at an average temperature even when the surrounding temperature is very different. - Osmoregulation is the ability to keep an average amount of salt and water in the body. - Glucose regulation is the

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    Homeostasis Lab Report

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    Introduction Homeostasis can be defined as the balance maintained by the body through negative-feedback to regulate internal conditions within a normal range promoting sustained good health (Seeley, 2006). Exercising initiates a process that propels the body out of its normal parameters, therefore triggering negative-feedback loops with the aim of bringing the internal balance back into homeostasis. Increased energy intensities created through exercise influence heart rate (bpm), respiration and

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    Homeostasis is the body’s ability to maintain a stable environment within a constantly changing internal and external environment. It does this through the chemical reactions that are referred to as metabolism. Metabolism is, in simplest terms, all of the chemical reactions that occur within our bodies and can be broken down into two types of reactions. The first type of reaction is called catabolism. These are all of the chemical reactions that break things down into simpler forms, like when you

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