Jaida Marks
Mrs. Pangaio
Honors Anatomy and Physiology
3 September 2015
Shivering when you get cold or sweating when you are hot, are both very common examples of your body trying to maintain homeostasis. Homeostasis is the ability of your body to maintain stable internal conditions when faced with environmental changes. Sometimes there can be a stimulus in the environment that will cause changes to an organism's stable internal conditions. This results in the organism responding using feedback loops so the body maintains its normal limits. When this stimulus occurs there are a series of steps that have to happen before the body can give the correct response. First, there has to be a lot of a stimulus to go through the nervous threshold …show more content…
Then, the message is carried to a control center where is is interpreted so the best response can be given. The message is then carried from the control center to the effector organ to activate a response. Lastly, the effector organ receives the message and actually carries out a response. Feedback loops are used so when a stimulus occurs they respond to keep systems functioning near a set point. There is a the positive and negative feedback loop, which are the two main types. The most harmful feedback loop is the positive one due to a change in an input which causes responses that result in continued changes in the same direction. Since the feedback loop continues in the same direction, this can lead to uncontrollable conditions. The negative feedback loop is more stable because it happens when a system’s output reacts to decrease the processes, so there is less output then there was input. This process is more stabilized because it is balancing the amount of output and input, whereas the positive feedback loop doesn’t …show more content…
Your kidneys perform a lot of important roles in your body. For example they remove waste and excess fluid to cleanse your blood, they help regulate your blood pressure, and they maintain the balance of salt and certain minerals in your blood. When your blood pressure is too high the kidneys get damaged causing fluid and waste to build up in the body. When fluid builds up in the body it can raise your blood pressure even more causing greater danger to the body. Usually people with high blood pressure don’t have symptoms, but it can sometimes cause headaches. If you develop kidney disease you won’t really know because it does not have any symptoms in the early stages. When the kidneys become really damaged it causes swelling in the ankles, weakness, poor sleep, vomiting, and shortness of breath. This is all due to waste products and fluid building up in the body. If you do not treat this disease the kidneys can eventually stop working altogether. This can lead to fatal conditions because your kidneys aren’t functioning at all. If you have high blood pressure the best way to prevent kidney disease from developing is to focus on taking steps in order to lower your blood pressure. Some steps you can take are exercising, eating healthy, keeping a healthy weight, manage your stress, and stop smoking. If you do have kidney disease some treatment options are taking certain medications
Mrs. Pangaio
Honors Anatomy and Physiology
3 September 2015
Shivering when you get cold or sweating when you are hot, are both very common examples of your body trying to maintain homeostasis. Homeostasis is the ability of your body to maintain stable internal conditions when faced with environmental changes. Sometimes there can be a stimulus in the environment that will cause changes to an organism's stable internal conditions. This results in the organism responding using feedback loops so the body maintains its normal limits. When this stimulus occurs there are a series of steps that have to happen before the body can give the correct response. First, there has to be a lot of a stimulus to go through the nervous threshold …show more content…
Then, the message is carried to a control center where is is interpreted so the best response can be given. The message is then carried from the control center to the effector organ to activate a response. Lastly, the effector organ receives the message and actually carries out a response. Feedback loops are used so when a stimulus occurs they respond to keep systems functioning near a set point. There is a the positive and negative feedback loop, which are the two main types. The most harmful feedback loop is the positive one due to a change in an input which causes responses that result in continued changes in the same direction. Since the feedback loop continues in the same direction, this can lead to uncontrollable conditions. The negative feedback loop is more stable because it happens when a system’s output reacts to decrease the processes, so there is less output then there was input. This process is more stabilized because it is balancing the amount of output and input, whereas the positive feedback loop doesn’t …show more content…
Your kidneys perform a lot of important roles in your body. For example they remove waste and excess fluid to cleanse your blood, they help regulate your blood pressure, and they maintain the balance of salt and certain minerals in your blood. When your blood pressure is too high the kidneys get damaged causing fluid and waste to build up in the body. When fluid builds up in the body it can raise your blood pressure even more causing greater danger to the body. Usually people with high blood pressure don’t have symptoms, but it can sometimes cause headaches. If you develop kidney disease you won’t really know because it does not have any symptoms in the early stages. When the kidneys become really damaged it causes swelling in the ankles, weakness, poor sleep, vomiting, and shortness of breath. This is all due to waste products and fluid building up in the body. If you do not treat this disease the kidneys can eventually stop working altogether. This can lead to fatal conditions because your kidneys aren’t functioning at all. If you have high blood pressure the best way to prevent kidney disease from developing is to focus on taking steps in order to lower your blood pressure. Some steps you can take are exercising, eating healthy, keeping a healthy weight, manage your stress, and stop smoking. If you do have kidney disease some treatment options are taking certain medications