Homeostasis Maintaining internal balance whoaa! Mechanisms of homeostasis moderate changes in the internal environment Any homeostatic control system has 3 functional components: a receptor, a control center and an effector Regulators & Conformers regulators try to maintain the parameter at a constant level even with varying environmental variations. (ex: ectothermic animals? almost all other organisms?exhibit wide body temperature variation. (ex: endothermic mammals and birds maintain a constant body temperature) conformers allow the environment to determine the parameter. Negative feedback A change in an internal variable will stimulate a response that counteracts the initial fluctuation until the system goes back to its normal state Negative feedback Negative feedback
homeostasis
Homeostasis Maintaining internal balance whoaa! Mechanisms of homeostasis moderate changes in the internal environment Any homeostatic control system has 3 functional components: a receptor, a control center and an effector Regulators & Conformers regulators try to maintain the parameter at a constant level even with varying environmental variations. (ex: ectothermic animals? almost all other organisms?exhibit wide body temperature variation. (ex: endothermic mammals and birds maintain a constant body temperature) conformers allow the environment to determine the parameter. Negative feedback A change in an internal variable will stimulate a response that counteracts the initial fluctuation until the system goes back to its normal state Negative feedback Negative feedback
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