AP BIOLOGY

ANIMAL PHYSIOLOGY

EXCRETION

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Homeostasis refers to
A
the maintenance of a constant heart beat.
B
the dynamic processes occurring in the kidney.
C
the static unchanging environment factors.
D
the constancy of the internal environment of an organism.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -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-2: -(HOH-mee-oh-STAY-sis) A state of balance among all the body systems needed for the body to survive and function correctly.

Detailed explanation-3: -Homeostasis: a Definition This concept explains how an organism can maintain more or less constant internal conditions that allow it to adapt and to survive in the face of a changing and often hostile external environment.

Detailed explanation-4: -Homeostasis, from the Greek words for “same” and “steady, ” refers to any process that living things use to actively maintain fairly stable conditions necessary for survival.

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