Homeostasis

Homeostasis

• The ability of the body to keep a healthy, internal balance

• Allows the body to perform at its best

• Homeo means constant

• Stasis means stable

Multiple Choice

One of the most common examples of homeostasis is body temperature. When your body temperature rises above normal, how does your body respond?

• shivers

• sweats

• coughs

Open Ended

How does your body respond when your body temperature drops below normal?

Multiple Select

There were many systems involved in helping the body keeps its normal body temperature. Check all that apply.

• Nervous

• Circulatory

• Muscular

• Integumentary

Maintaining Homeostasis

• Keeping a healthy balance involves negative feedback loops

• The goal of a negative feedback loop is to go against a change to bring the body back to its balance or set point

Multiple Choice

When your blood sugar is too high, what hormone is released?

• glucagon

• insulin

Open Ended

What can happen when homeostasis (a healthy balance in the body) is not maintained?

Multiple Choice

When your blood sugar is too high, what hormone is released?

• glucagon

• insulin

Open Ended

What can happen when homeostasis (a healthy balance in the body) is not maintained?

Match

Match the following system to how it controls body temperature

• nervous

• integumentary

• muscular

sends signals to brain

skin feels changes in temperature

goosebumps form and your body shivers

• sends signals to brain

• skin feels changes in temperature

• goosebumps form and your body shivers

Multiple Choice

What is homeostasis?

• No regulation of internal environment

• Maintaining an internal environment within a constant range

• When the external environment exceeds the ability to maintain the internal environment