It is the "maintenance of constant internal environment".
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What conditions are required for homeostatic control?
Conditions required are; "stimulus", "receptor", "corrective mechanism" and "negative feedback".
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What mechanism is used to achieve homeostasis?
Mechanism used is "negative feedback" mechnism.
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How does your body react after a meal rich in sugar to achieve normal conditions?
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What is the role of insulin in the body?
It decreases "blood glucose concentration".
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What is the role of glucagon in the body?
It "increases blood glucose concentration" by converting glycogen to glucose.
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Give 2 processes involving the skin that cool the body down.
2 processes involved are; "sweating" and "vasodilation". When the body sweats it cools down by evaporation and in vasodilation blood starts to flow closer to the surface of the skin where it can cool.
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Give 3 processes that work to keep the body warm.
3 processes involved are; "vasoconstriction", "shivering" and "erection of hairs on the skin".
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