AP BIOLOGY

THE CELL

TRANSPORT INTO AND OUT OF THE CELL

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Homeostasis refers to the necessity of an organism to maintain constant or stable internal condition. What structure helps cells maintain homeostasis by regulating the movement of materials into and out of a cell?
A
A chloroplast
B
Nuclear membrane
C
Cell membrane
D
Mitochondrion
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -The cell membrane helps the organism in its fight to maintain homeostasis. The cell membrane assists in the maintenance of homeostasis by: Maintaining a fluid phospholipid structure.

Detailed explanation-2: -Homeostasis maintains optimal conditions for enzyme action throughout the body, as well as all cell functions. It is the maintenance of a constant internal environment despite changes in internal and external conditions. In the human body, these include the control of: blood glucose concentration.

Detailed explanation-3: -Homeostasis has become the central unifying concept of physiology and is defined as a self-regulating process by which an organism can maintain internal stability while adjusting to changing external conditions.

Detailed explanation-4: -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-5: -To maintain homeostasis, unicellular organisms grow, respond to the environment, transform energy, and reproduce.

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