What is Homeostasis and How is the Body Organized to Maintain it?

Question 1

How is an animal orgainsm organized?

Answer 1

Chemical (atom/molecular) → Cellular (cells) → Tissue → Organs → Organ systems → Organism.

Question 2

How do the systems work together?

Answer 2

Respiratory controls oxygen intake, circulatory gets it from the lungs ang provides each cell with them.

Question 3

What is Homeostasis?

Answer 3

All systems working together to maintain internal environment despite external and internal changes.

Question 4

How does feedback work to maintain it?

Answer 4

positive - additive, negative - counter active

Question 5

What are some directional terms in anatomy?

Answer 5

Superior - towards the top. Inferior - towards the bottom. Proximal - closer to the main source. Distal - farther from the main source.