Homeostasis can be defined as the maintenance of a *stable internal environment through negative feedback despite fluctuations in the external environment.
((*stable = conditions fluctuate within a narrow range about a set point))
Homeostasis controls:
Temperature
PH
Ion concentration in the blood
Glucose concentration in the blood
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The Role Of Homeostasis
Homeostasis provides a constant internal environment and independence from fluctuating external conditions.
Features that influence internal environment have a set level ((called the 'norm')).
Any changes from the norm are called 'deviation'.
Negative feedback is caused by deviation from the norm; it results in a return to the norm.
When the body experiences changes in the external environment, the homeostatic system evens out the variations experienced by the body in a number of ways:
The liver can store or release glucose
Blood is kept at a constant, ideal state; glucose concentration remains at 80mg/cm3
Tissue fluid surrounding the cells has constant ideal conditions and contains the optimum glucose concentration for respiration to occur
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