Homeostasis+-Westone

Homeostasis is the maintenance of a stable internal environment that enables the optimal functioning of body cells. Activities at the cellular level are controlled by feedback mechanisms for the maintenance of homeostasis of body temperature, body fluid composition, blood sugar, gas concentrations and blood pressure. In this topic these mechanisms will be explored and you will have the opportunity to plan and conduct a long-term investigation based on one of your own homeostatic mechanisms.
 * the role of the cell membrane structure in active transport and as a receptor
 * DNA and how it controls the production of cellular materials
 * components of a stimulus-response feedback model for homeostasis
 * homeostatic mechanisms that control body temperature, body fluid composition, blood sugar, gas concentrations, blood pressure
 * physiological and behavioural mechanisms that influence the maintenance of homeostasis in the homeostatic mechanisms mentioned above.

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