(par 3.10.1) Homeostatisis (from Wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homeostasis Homeostasis Homeostasis (from Greek: ὅμοιος, hómoios, “similar”; and στάσις, stásis, “standing still”; defined by Claude Bernard and later by Walter Bradford Cannon in 1926, 1929 and 1932) is the property of a system, either open or closed, that regulates its internal environment and tends to maintain a stable, constant condition. Typically used to refer […]
(par 3.10.1) System regulation – It’s all about Homeostasis
http://www.biology4kids.com/files/systems_regulation.html Homeostasis is a term that is used to both describe the survival of organisms in an ecosystem and to describe the successful survival of cells inside of an organism. Organisms and populations can maintain homeostasis in an environment when they have a steady level of births and deaths. It is similar to the idea […]