Anatomy D2
D2. Explain the importance of homeostasis in maintaining the healthy functioning of the body.
Homeostasis is vital for the maintenance of healthy functioning of the body. It is important the body keeps to a narrow range of variables, and without it , chemical reactions and metabolic processes within the body cannot be carried out properly, which can cause disease and complications.
If the body cannot maintain its temperature, this can cause the person to overheat, resulting in hyperthermia. This would be fatal as the body cells would become destroyed as well as the body’s enzymes, which would mean that the organs would not be able to function and metabolic reactions would not be able to take place which would result in death.
Also, if the persons temperature was to fall too low and not be brought back to normal by homeostasis, the person would result in hypothermia, also causing the body’s cells to be destroyed as they cannot survive under body temperature lower than 37 degrees, as well as the body’s enzymes to be destroyed as they also require normal body temperature to function, again resulting in death. Hypothermia is a state where the body's normal body temperature of 37°C (98.6°F) drops below 35° (95°F). When the body is exposed to cold the mechanisms are unable to fill in heat that is lost to organisms surroundings. Hypothermia is caused normally when a person is around a cold environment or staying outside for a long period of time in the cold rain or wind. When the body gets too cold it usually acts fast in order to become warm and giving a message to the brain allowing the person to wear more layers of clothing or going inside. However during hypothermia if the cold tends to continue the body's automatic defense will try to prevent any heat loss through various ways and this could be through:
* Shivering to make sure major organs stay at normal temperature,
* Limiting blood flow to the skin, and
* Releasing hormones in order to produce heat.
Homeostasis is vital for the maintenance of healthy functioning of the body. It is important the body keeps to a narrow range of variables, and without it , chemical reactions and metabolic processes within the body cannot be carried out properly, which can cause disease and complications.
If the body cannot maintain its temperature, this can cause the person to overheat, resulting in hyperthermia. This would be fatal as the body cells would become destroyed as well as the body’s enzymes, which would mean that the organs would not be able to function and metabolic reactions would not be able to take place which would result in death.
Also, if the persons temperature was to fall too low and not be brought back to normal by homeostasis, the person would result in hypothermia, also causing the body’s cells to be destroyed as they cannot survive under body temperature lower than 37 degrees, as well as the body’s enzymes to be destroyed as they also require normal body temperature to function, again resulting in death. Hypothermia is a state where the body's normal body temperature of 37°C (98.6°F) drops below 35° (95°F). When the body is exposed to cold the mechanisms are unable to fill in heat that is lost to organisms surroundings. Hypothermia is caused normally when a person is around a cold environment or staying outside for a long period of time in the cold rain or wind. When the body gets too cold it usually acts fast in order to become warm and giving a message to the brain allowing the person to wear more layers of clothing or going inside. However during hypothermia if the cold tends to continue the body's automatic defense will try to prevent any heat loss through various ways and this could be through:
* Shivering to make sure major organs stay at normal temperature,
* Limiting blood flow to the skin, and
* Releasing hormones in order to produce heat.