Cards (7)

  • What is homeostasis?
    Homeostasis is the regulation of the internal conditions of a cell or organism in response to internal and external changes
  • What does homeostasis control?
    Blood glucose concentration
    Body temperature
    Water and ion levels
  • What does the control system involve?
    Responses via nerves
    Chemical responses via hormones
  • What is a receptor?
    It detects a stimuli which is when there is a change in the environment
  • What is the coordination centre?
    It includes organs like the brain, spinal cord and pancreas and receives/processes the information from the Receptor
  • What is a effector?
    It includes muscles and glands. It brings out the response in order to restore the optimum levels
  • What is the control system order?
    Receptor
    Coordination centre
    Effector