Biology-B5-Homeostasis

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Cells and enzymes need very ______ and ______ conditions in order to ______?
very steady and stable conditions in order to work properly
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Homeostasis is the ______ of ______ conditions of a cell or _______ to maintain ______conditions for function in response to ______ and ______ change?
is the regulation of internal conditions of a cell or organism to maintain optimum conditions for function in response to internal and external change
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The main purpose of homeostasis is to keep what as constant as possible?
internal conditions
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What are the three internal conditions regulated in humans?
blood glucose concentration
water levels
temperature
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Homeostasis consists of ______ ______ systems?
automatic control systems
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This ensures internal conditions are ?
kept as constant as possible
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The automatic control system can consist of any of what two things?
the nervous system or hormones
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AUTOMATIC CONTROL SYSTEM
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What are the three components involved?
receptor cells
co-ordination centre
effector
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What is the purpose of receptor cells?
to detect change or a stimuli
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Detect a change where?
in the environment
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This can refer to both what?
internal and external conditions
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A change in the environment is called a what?
stimulus
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The receptor cells will then pass on the information to where?
the co-ordination center
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What is the purpose of the co-ordination centre?
to receive and process the information
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What are two examples of co-ordination centres?
brain
spinal cord
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The co-ordination centre will then send _____ to where?
send instructions to the effector
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The effector is typically a what (2)?
a muscle or gland
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And it will carry out?
the response
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This whole mechanism is called?
negative feedback
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is the regulation of internal conditions of a cell or organism to maintain optimum conditions for function in response to internal and external change

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What are the three internal conditions regulated in humans?

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