Homeostasis

Question 1

What does homeostasis mean?

Answer 1

Maintaining a stable internal enviroment

Question 2

What automatic controls are there in your body that regulate your internal environment?

Answer 2

Nervous and Hormonal communications control water levels, body temp, and blood glucose

Question 3

What are the three main automatic control systems that maintain a steady condition?

Answer 3

Receptors, coordination centres and effectors

Question 4

What does a negative feedback mean?

Answer 4

It counteracts changes

Question 5

When does your body use negative feedback?

Answer 5

When the level of something gets too high or low

Question 6

What is the first stage of negative feedback?

Answer 6

Receptor detects a stimulus

Question 7

What is the second stage of negative feedback?

Answer 7

The coordination center receives and processes the information, then organises a response

Question 8

What is the third stage of negative feedback?

Answer 8

effector produces a response which counteracts the change and restores the optimum level