Homeostasis

• Homeostasis maintains optimal conditions for enzyme action inside the body.
• Homeostasis involves the regulation of the internal conditions of a cell or organism.
• How are optimum conditions controlled by the body?

  Body temperature, blood glucose concentration and water levels
• Homeostasis uses automatic control systems, including nervous and chemical responses (nervous system and endocrine system)
• What is a receptor?

  Cells that detect stimuli (changes in the environment)
• What are coordination centers?

  Receive information from receptors and process it
• What are effectors?

  Bring about the responses needed