Homeostasis

Question 1

What homeostasis is?

Answer 1

The tendency of living organisms to maintain their characteristics in a state of equilibrium as external conditions vary. It’s a dynamic condition, no statics

Question 2

What a negative feedback is?

Answer 2

A negative feedback is a self-regulatory system in which it feeds back to the input a part of a system’s output so as to reverse the direction of change of the output. The process reduces the output of a system in order to stabilize or re-establish internal equilibrium.

Question 3

And what about feedforward?

Answer 3

The basic concept of feedforward control is to measure important disturbance variables and take corrective action before they upset the process. It´s a anticipate regulation.

Question 4

What are the homeostatic responses?

Answer 4

Local (the response occur next to the stimulus) or geral (all the systems)

Question 5

Talk about the liquid compartments in the organism

Answer 5

Is composed by extracellular and intracellular liquid (plasma and intertidal), divided by the plasmatic membrane of the cell.