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    This document discusses homeostasis and the main homeostatic systems in the body: thermoregulation, water balance, blood glucose levels, blood pH levels, and oxygen levels. It explains that homeostasis works through homeostatic control systems that detect stress or changes, send signals to control centers, and activate effectors to cause changes that move the system back towards its set point. The two main feedback systems are negative feedback, which returns the system to its original state, and positive feedback, which moves the system further from its original state. An example of negative feedback is thermoregulation, where the hypothalamus detects temperature changes and activates effectors like shivering to return the body to its normal temperature range.

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    This document discusses homeostasis and the main homeostatic systems in the body: thermoregulation, water balance, blood glucose levels, blood pH levels, and oxygen levels. It explains that homeostasis works through homeostatic control systems that detect stress or changes, send signals to control centers, and activate effectors to cause changes that move the system back towards its set point. The two main feedback systems are negative feedback, which returns the system to its original state, and positive feedback, which moves the system further from its original state. An example of negative feedback is thermoregulation, where the hypothalamus detects temperature changes and activates effectors like shivering to return the body to its normal temperature range.

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    This document discusses homeostasis and the main homeostatic systems in the body: thermoregulation, water balance, blood glucose levels, blood pH levels, and oxygen levels. It explains that homeostasis works through homeostatic control systems that detect stress or changes, send signals to control centers, and activate effectors to cause changes that move the system back towards its set point. The two main feedback systems are negative feedback, which returns the system to its original state, and positive feedback, which moves the system further from its original state. An example of negative feedback is thermoregulation, where the hypothalamus detects temperature changes and activates effectors like shivering to return the body to its normal temperature range.

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    SBI4U: Intro to Homeostasis

    Homeostasis: Maintenance of a __________________________________ despite changes in


    external environment

    What are the main homeostatic systems discussed?


     _________________
     _________________
     _________________
     _________________
     _________________

    How does homeostasis work?


     Homeostatic control systems detect stress or change and _________________________
     They have 3 functional components:
    • _______________________ (senses stress compared to a _______________)
    • _______________________
    • _______________________ (produces change)
    • There are two main systems (_________________ and __________________ feedback)

    Ex. of a Negative Feedback System: A thermostat!

    Thermoregulation in the Body


    • The Hypothalamus is a _________ in the
    _______ which acts as our _______________
    • It detects body temperatures outside the
    _______________
    • It activates _______________ using
    ______________ to send the message

    Now your turn: How do you think the body


    reacts to cold stress???

    What causes brain freeze? How can you remedy it?


    Less efficient Homeostasis
    Ectotherms (“cold blooded organisms): Must _______________________________ to be able
    to metabolize

    Positive Feedback
    • ________________________________
    • _____________
    • _______________ than negative feedback
    e.g. hormones in birth ‘wake up’ the __________
    _______________ and stimulate other ___________
    to turn on

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