Homeostatsis

Question 1

Define “coordination and control” and its importance to our survival & wellbeing (you do not have to remember all of this word for word)

Answer 1

Coordination and Control is the way all the organs and systems of the body are made to work efficiently together.

Keeping us alive by providing us with basic needs such as oxygen, nutrients, water, removal of wastes, freedom from disease

Helping to keep us safe by allowing us to escape danger or to fight it off if necessary (flight or fight)

Enabling the socialization required for the development of relationships and effective group functioning. In some societies, this is crucial to the survival of the species

Question 2

Define homeostatsis

Answer 2

The maintenance of the constant internal environment

Question 3

What happens to our body if we didn’t have homeostasis?

Answer 3

We would:
- Run out of usable energy
- Starve
- Swell up and have our cells burst 😨
- Dehyrdrate