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    Homeostasis: - "Staying The Same" or "Steady State" - Having A Stable Internal Environment

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    Homeostasis refers to the maintenance of a stable internal environment in the body. It involves negative feedback mechanisms that detect changes in the internal environment and trigger responses to return the body back to its normal set point. The three main components that maintain homeostasis are sensory receptors that detect changes, integrators like the brain that coordinate responses, and effectors like muscles and glands that enact the responses. Examples of homeostasis include temperature regulation and blood glucose regulation through negative feedback loops. Positive feedback also occurs in limited instances like childbirth to intensify changes.

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    Homeostasis refers to the maintenance of a stable internal environment in the body. It involves negative feedback mechanisms that detect changes in the internal environment and trigger responses to return the body back to its normal set point. The three main components that maintain homeostasis are sensory receptors that detect changes, integrators like the brain that coordinate responses, and effectors like muscles and glands that enact the responses. Examples of homeostasis include temperature regulation and blood glucose regulation through negative feedback loops. Positive feedback also occurs in limited instances like childbirth to intensify changes.

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    Homeostasis refers to the maintenance of a stable internal environment in the body. It involves negative feedback mechanisms that detect changes in the internal environment and trigger responses to return the body back to its normal set point. The three main components that maintain homeostasis are sensory receptors that detect changes, integrators like the brain that coordinate responses, and effectors like muscles and glands that enact the responses. Examples of homeostasis include temperature regulation and blood glucose regulation through negative feedback loops. Positive feedback also occurs in limited instances like childbirth to intensify changes.

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    Homeostasis refers to the maintenance of a stable internal environment in the body. It involves negative feedback mechanisms that detect changes in the internal environment and trigger responses to return the body back to its normal set point. The three main components that maintain homeostasis are sensory receptors that detect changes, integrators like the brain that coordinate responses, and effectors like muscles and glands that enact the responses. Examples of homeostasis include temperature regulation and blood glucose regulation through negative feedback loops. Positive feedback also occurs in limited instances like childbirth to intensify changes.

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    Homeostasis

    Staying the same or steady state Having a stable internal environment

    Homeostasis
    Walter B Cannon coined the term Homeostasis in 1932. Homeo meaning like Not Homo meaning the same Indicating a range of values rather than one precise fixed value Homeostasis is derived from the greek words
    Homeo alike Stasis always or staying

    Negative feedback
    Negative feedback occurs when the internal environment is altered and the brain helps to return the body back to steady state.
    Examples
    Internal home temperature regulation Body temperature regulation Blood glucose regulation

    Homeostasis

    Components that maintain homeostasis


    There are three components that interact to maintain this state
    Sensory receptors Integrators Effectors

    Components that maintain homeostasis


    Sensory receptors
    Definition: cells or cell parts that can detect a stimulus Examples
    Temperature Pain Pressure

    Components that maintain homeostasis


    Integrator
    Definition: a control point where different pieces of information are pulled together Example
    Brain

    Components that maintain homeostasis


    Effector
    Definition: part of the homeostasis system that carries out a response Example
    Muscles Glands

    Components that maintain homeostasis

    Homeostasis
    Homeostasis requires that the internal environment is maintained at a certain level
    This is the set point Set point is maintained through feedback mechanisms
    Negative feedback Positive feedback

    Negative Feedback
    Internal home temperature regulation
    Receptor: Thermostat Integrator: Thermostat Effector: Heat pump/ Furnace

    Response is to raise or lower the temperature

    Negative Feedback
    Body temperature regulation
    Set point is 37C (98.6F) When body temperature rises
    Receptor: thermoreceptor (nerve endings) Integrator: hypothalamus of the brain Effector: sweat glands, blood vessels dilate

    When body temperature drops


    Blood vessels constrict Shivering: skeletal muscles contract involuntarily Goose bumps (hair stands on end)

    Negative Feedback
    Blood glucose regulation
    Receptor: pancreas Integrator: the brain Effector: pancreas, liver and other organs

    Blood glucose level increases


    Beta cells of pancreas release insulin

    Blood glucose level decreases


    Alpha cells of pancreas secrete glucagon

    Homeostasis

    Positive Feedback
    Positive feedback is a change in the internal environment that is encouraged to intensify that change for a limited time
    Example
    Child birth

    Positive Feedback
    Child birth
    Receptor: Stretch receptors in the cervix Integrator: the neurosecretory cells in the hypothalamus Effector: uterine muscle

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