(Wk1) Homeostasis

Question 1

What is Homeostasis?

Answer 1

The ability of the body to maintain a condition of dynamic equilibrium within the internal environment when dealing with external changes.

Question 2

What is negative feedback?

Answer 2

Is when a variable triggers a counter-acting response, in order to come back to some set point.

Question 3

What is positive feedback?

Answer 3

Is when instead of getting a counter-active response to some variable, you instead intensify the variable. (e.g. more, more, more; instead of “let’s counteract this”).
For example, childbirth and contractions.