<h2>Summary</h2>
<p>Homeostasis is a dynamic equilibrium that is maintained in body <a data-lesson="complex-tissue-structure" data-subject="biology" data-tutorial="introducing-animal-diversity" href="https://app.ulearngo.com/biology/introducing-animal-diversity/complex-tissue-structure">tissues</a> and organs. It is dynamic because it is constantly adjusting to the changes that the systems encounter. It is in equilibrium because body functions are kept within a normal range, with some fluctuations around a set point for the processes.</p>
<h2>Glossary</h2>
<h3>acclimatization</h3>
<p>alteration in a body system in response to environmental change</p>
<h3>alteration</h3>
<p>change of the set point in a homeostatic system</p>
<h3>homeostasis</h3>
<p>dynamic equilibrium maintaining appropriate body functions</p>
<h3>negative feedback loop</h3>
<p>feedback to a control mechanism that increases or decreases a <a data-lesson="reception-and-transduction-intro" data-subject="biology" data-tutorial="sensory-systems" href="https://app.ulearngo.com/biology/sensory-systems/reception-and-transduction-intro">stimulus</a> instead of maintaining it</p>
<h3>positive feedback loop</h3>
<p>feedback to a control mechanism that continues the direction of a stimulus</p>
<h3>set point</h3>
<p>midpoint or target point in homeostasis</p>
<h3>thermoregulation</h3>
<p>regulation of body temperature</p>

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Summarizing Homeostasis

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Learn about animal form and function, including body plans, limits on size and shape, bioenergetics, tissues, and homeostatic processes such as thermoregulation and neural control.


Summarizing Homeostasis

Summary

Glossary

acclimatization

alteration

homeostasis

negative feedback loop

positive feedback loop

set point

thermoregulation

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