The tendency of an organism or a cell to regulate its internal conditions, usually by a system of feedback controls, so as to stabilize health and functioning, regardless of the outside changing conditions
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how does the body remove excess carbon dioxide from the body
by gas exchange in the lungs
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what is the average body temperature
37 degrees c
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Where is the body's thermoregulatory centre
The body's thermoregulatory centre is in the hypothalamus of the brain. Receptors in the skin are sensitive to temperature changes but do not control the body's response.
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true or false, type 1 diabetes is caused by the body failure to produce insulin
true
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how does insulin travel around the body
insulin is a hormone and travels around in the blood stream but it gets released from a gland, the pancreas
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what is type 2 diabetes
type 2 diabetes is where somebody can't control what they eat and how much they eat so they have a lack of healthy foods and excise
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what are hormones
hormones are chemicals secreted by glands
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where is oestrogen produced
oestrogen is produced in the ovaries
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what is the function of LH
LH lets a matured egg to be released
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which hormone is likely to be found in oral contraceptives
oestrogen is likely to be found in oral contraceptives
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what hormone is likely to be used in fertility treatments
FSH is likely to be used in fertility treatments
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what is the endocrine system
The endocrine system is the collection of glands of an organism that secrete hormones directly into the circulatory system to be carried towards distant target organs.
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name at least 2 of the glands in the endocrine system
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