ANATOMY

GENERAL ANATOMY

ENDOCRINE SYSTEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The endocrine system helps to maintain a stable environment in a process known as ____
A
peristalsis
B
homeostasis
C
metabolism
D
respiration
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Homeostasis is the process by which the body maintains a stable internal environment. Homeostasis is maintained by the nervous and endocrine systems. Negative feedback is a response to a stimulus that keeps a variable close to a set value.

Detailed explanation-2: -The glands of the endocrine system secrete hormones into the bloodstream to maintain homeostasis and regulate metabolism.

Detailed explanation-3: -Control of Homeostasis Homeostatsis is maintained by negative feedback loops. Positive feedback loops actually push the organism further out of homeostasis, but may be necessary for life to occur. Homeostasis is controlled by the nervous and endocrine system of mammals.

Detailed explanation-4: -The endocrine system typically maintains homeostasis through negative feedback loops which prevent the body from straying from homeostasis. One example of how this happens is endocrine regulation of blood sugar.

Detailed explanation-5: -Feedback Loops. Positive and negative feedback loops are essential for homeostasis in the human body. They provide the controls needed to keep the effects of hormones and hormone chain reactions from spiraling out of control. Negative feedback loops act to reverse changes in the body’s physiological condition.

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