Homeostasis

• What is homeostasis?

  Homeostasis is the maintenance of a constant internal environment in order to maintain optimum conditions for enzyme and cellular function.
• Give examples of conditions maintained by Homeostasis in the human body?

  Temperature

  Water Levels

  Blood Glucose concentration.
• What two types of responses are used in the body's control system?

  Nervous and chemical
• What three components do all control system contain?

  Receptors

  Co-ordination centres

  Effectors
• What is the function of the receptor?

  Receptors detect change to the environment stimuli
• What is the function of the co-ordination centre?

  Co-ordination centres obtain and process information from the receptors.
• What is the function of the effector?

  Effectors act out the response to the external stimuli
• What is an effector?

  A muscle or gland that carries out a response to a stimulus.