Human Biology Tutorial 1 (2015 ) PDF

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HUMANBI OLOGY TUTORI AL1:HOMEOSTASI S Theor g a nsoft hebod ywor kbe s tu nde rpa r t i c u l a rc on di t i ons . Home os t as i si st h e na megi v e nt ot hea bi l i t yoft h ebod yt ok e e pi t si nt e r na lc ondi t i on s( s uc ha s t e mpe r a t ur e )a sc o ns t a nta spos s i b l e . Home os t a s i si n v o l v e swh a ta r ekno wna s ne g a t i v ef e e dbac kr e s pons e s . The s ea r er e s pons e sma d eb yt hebod yi na na t t e mp tt o r e v e r s es omec ha n g et ha tha st a k e np l a c ei ni t sc ond i t i o ns . Thi n ka bou tt hedi ffe r e nte n vi r onme nt sa nds i t ua t i on sl i s t e dbe l o w. Fore a c ho ft he m l i s tt h es t r e s sf a c t or st ha twoul db ea c t i n go nt heh uma nbod y ,t he nt r yt owor kout whi c hh ome os t a t i cr e s po ns e st hebod ywoul dma k ei na na t t e mp tt oc ou nt e r a c tt he s e s t r e s sf a c t o r s( e . g . i ft heb od ywe r et oowa r m, ho wwoul di tc oold o wn? ) . Al s o c ons i d e ra n yd e t r i me nt a lorha r mf ule ffe c t st ha tt h ehome os t a t i cr e s pon s e smi gh tha v e ont hebod y .

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