Homeostasis Vocabulary

regulation of an organism’s internal environment to maintain conditions suitable for its survival

• Osmoregulation

• Dynamic Equilibrium

• Homeostasis

• Wellness

diffusion of water across a selectively permeable membrane.

• Osmosis

• Thermoregulation

• Passive transport

• simple diffusion

an internal feedback mechanism in which a substance is fed back to inhibit the original signal and reduce production of a substance

• Negative Feedback Cycle

• Positive Feedback Cycle

• Dynamic Equilibrium

• Homeostasis

materials move through the plasma membrane from high low concentrations. No transport protein is needed

• Facilitated Diffusion

• Active Transport

• Endocytosis

• Simple Diffusion

Diffusion of substance across a membrane without the use of a transport protein or protein channel

• Simple Diffusion

• Facilitated Diffusion

• Active Transport

• Exocytosis

A multi-dimensional interrelationship between many types of well-being

• Health

• Well-Being

• Homeostasis

• Wellness

A process by which a cell surrounds and takes in material from its environment

• Exocytosis

• Active Transport

• Passive Transport

• Endocytosis

the ability of an organism to keep its body temperature within certain boundaries, even when the external temperature is different.

• ATP

• Respiration

• Excretion

• Thermoregulation

Transportation of substances from areas of low concentration to high concentration - requires energy

• Simple Diffusion

• Facilitated Diffusion

• Active Transport

• Exocytosis

a condition that remains stable within fluctuating limits

• Wellness

• Homeostasis

• Dynamic Equilibrium

• Thermoregulation