HISTOLOGY
INTEGUMENTARY SYSTEM SKIN
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Question
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Which situation best describes the act of maintaining homeostasis?
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An organism sweating when their body temperature begins to rise
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A plant on a window sill growing towards sunlight
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A bear hibernating in the winter months
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All of the above
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -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. The term was coined in 1930 by the physician Walter Cannon.
Detailed explanation-2: -The control of body temperature in humans is a good example of homeostasis in a biological system.
Detailed explanation-3: -Examples include thermoregulation, blood glucose regulation, baroreflex in blood pressure, calcium homeostasis, potassium homeostasis, and osmoregulation.
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