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Homeostasis
Homeostasis
HOW ABOUT
HUMAN???
HOMEOSTASIS
What is Homeostasis?
Body cells work best if they have the
correct
Temperature
Water levels
Glucose concentration
The maintenance
of a constant
environment in
the body is called
Homeostasis
Sensing body temperature
Body temperature is controlled by a region of the brain.
Once the brain knows what the body temperature is, it can act to keep
it steady.
This means that more blood gets near the surface of the skin, which is
why some people go red when they are too hot! Vasodilatation
37oC
The body needs to remain at 37oC is because this is the temperature
at which our enzymes work most effectively.
SO WHAT IS THERMOREGULATION?
Thermoregulation a process that allows your body to maintain
its core internal temperature
THERMOREGULATION
TOO HOT
● sweat released from
glands, when evaporated it
transfers heat from the
body to the environment
cooling the body down
● Vasodilation-blood vessels
widen to allow more blood
to flow allowing more heat
to radiate into the
environment
● Hairs lie flat reducing
insulation
TOO COLD
● No sweat made
● Vasoconstriction-blood vessels
constrict reducing the blood flow
so there would be less heat
transferred into the
surroundings
● shivering creates heat in the
muscles
● Hairs stand and act as an
insulator that traps the heat and
air