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Essay / Homeostasis Research Paper - 1627
Homeostasis is the process of maintaining a stable internal environment despite external changes. Our bodily functions can only effectively maintain their functions under a narrow range of conditions such as body temperature, water content, carbon dioxide level, and blood sugar level. Homeostasis is the process that maintains the stability or constancy of our body's internal environment. To do this, it is necessary for receptors to identify changes in the external environment, a control center that is usually found in the brain to receive and act on the message from receptors and effectors to work to bring the system back to normal. normal. and what is called negative feedback. This has the effect that the change is always reduced to return the system to normal. This negative feedback is the most common type of homeostasis control. It is very important that the internal environment of our body is controlled and maintained. The amount of carbon dioxide in our bloodstream must be maintained. Negative Feedback Negative feedback in the body occurs when a change in temperature, blood sugar, heart rate, or respiration directly causes an increase or decrease. Negative feedback is responsible for returning the temperature to any normal state. For example, if the body is too hot, sweating cools it. Negative feedback acts to maintain body temperature. There are three parts of negative feedback responses and they are called receptor, control center and effectors. Receptors identify changes. Then this message was transmitted to the control center. It then monitors the changes and triggers negative responses when the changes go too far. Then the control center sends signals to an effector to act to help the sy...... middle of paper ...... iratory control center located in the brain. It monitors the levels of oxygen and co2 in your bloodstream and adapts your breathing rate to maintain the body's balance and homeostasis. When your body is at rest, breathing remains regular or constant. It allows the right amount of oxygen to be placed in the blood when you inhale. It also draws in the right amount of CO2 when you exhale. When you do activities that work your muscles or other activities that require extra oxygen, the amount of oxygen in your blood decreases. At the same time, the level of carbon dioxide increases. The brain center's respiratory control detects that levels are wrong and increases both heart rate and breathing rate to maintain balance. When you stop doing the activity, the control center slows the return of heart rate and respiratory rate to maintain homeostasis in the bloodstream..