homeostasis

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  • What is homeostasis?

    the regulation of the internal conditions of a cell or organism to maintain optimum conditions for function in response to internal and external changes.
  • All control systems include:
    • cells called receptors, which detect stimuli (changes in the environment)
    coordination centres (such as the brain, spinal cord and pancreas) that receive and process information from receptors
    effectors, muscles or glands, which bring about responses which restore optimum levels.