2.77 Understand that homeostasis is the maintenance of a constant internal environment and that body water content and body temperature are both examples of homeostasis
Homeostasis: conditions are kept the same
Homeothermic organisms carry out thermoregulation where they maintain the same temperature no matter what the environmental temperature is. This is important because the body wants to be kept at an optimum tempreature for the highest rate of enzyme reactions.
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