Question: Define the term homoeostasis and using examples explain how feedback mechanisms operate to maintain homoeostasis.
Answer: Homoeostasis is an immutable characteristic life. It refers to the maintenance of the internal environment within an acceptable range.
The study of Homoeostasis reveals that the balance between a living organism’s internal condition and the external environment needs to be achieved in order to acquire a dynamic equilibrium....(short extract)
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- Subject: Biological Sciences
- Course: Biology
- Level: Degree
- Year: 1st
- Mark: 62%
- Words: 1175
- Date submitted: March 17, 2009
- Date written: April, 2006
- References: Yes
- Document type: Essay*
- Essay ID: 1026
