ANATOMY

GENERAL ANATOMY

INTRODUCTION TO GENERAL ANATOMY

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
The body’s maintenance of a relatively stable inner environment is called
A
homeostasis
B
sensory
C
motor
D
positive feedback loop
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Homeostasis is the tendency of the body to seek and maintain a condition of balance or equilibrium, maintaining parameters such as blood pressure, water content, temperature etc around a set point, in its internal environment, even when faced with external changes.

Detailed explanation-2: -Homeostasis is the tendency to resist change in order to maintain a stable, relatively constant internal environment. Homeostasis typically involves negative feedback loops that counteract changes of various properties from their target values, known as set points.

Detailed explanation-3: -Homeostasis is the maintenance of a stable internal environment. Homeostasis is a term coined to describe the physical and chemical parameters that an organism must maintain to allow proper functioning of its component cells, tissues, organs, and organ systems.

Detailed explanation-4: -The internal environment is the environment in which cells are found and is thus defined as the fluid inside the body, but outside of cells. The fluid inside the cells in the body is the intracellular fluid, also called cytoplasm (cytosol and the fluid inside organelles).

Detailed explanation-5: -Homeostasis: a Definition Homeostasis, as currently defined, is a self-regulating process by which biological systems maintain stability while adjusting to changing external conditions.

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