Homeostasis Vocab pt. 1

a state of balance

• Semipermeable

• Equilibrium

• Feedback Mechanism

• Cell membrane

mixture of two or more substances, where one or more substances dissolve into another substance

• Solution

• Solvent

• Solute

• Hydrophilic

a substance that is dissolved in another substance

• Solute

• Solution

• Equilibrium

• Solvent

a substance, usually a liquid, that has the ability to dissolve another substance

• Solvent

• Solute

• Solution

• Bilayer

The body's response to changes that help maintain balance

• Equilibrium

• Homeostasis

• Feedback Mechanism

• Semipermeabl

The outer boundary of a cell that controls what goes in and out

• Cell membrane

• Hydrophilic

• Hydrophobic

• Bilayer

The process of maintaining stable conditions inside the body

• Homeostasis

• Phospholipid

• Bilayer

• Semipermeabe

Fat-based molecules that make up the cell membrane

• Hydrophilic

• Hydrophobic

• Cell Membrane

• Phospholipid

Two layers of phospholipids arranged with their tails facing each other

• Phopholipid

• Bilayer

• Hydrophobic

• Hydrophilic

"Water-loving" parts of molecules that face the watery environments

• Hydrophilic

• Hydrophobic

• Homeostasis

• Cell Membrane