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Conditions in your body are known as?
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Internal Environment
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What does homeostasis do?
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Homeostasis is a balancing act. Many of the processes which go on inside your body aim to keep everything as constant as possible. It involves your nervous system, your hormone systems and many of your body organs.
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How do you take water and minerals in your body?
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When you eat and drink.
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Give three ways how you loose water in your body?
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Breathing, Sweating & Urine (|going to the toilet).
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Where in your body is urine made?
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In the Kidneys.
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What can your kidneys do?
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Kidneys can change the amount of salt and water lost in your urine, depending on your body conditions.
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At what temperature do your enzymes work best?
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At body temperature 37 degrees celcius.
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What does the pancreas do?
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The pancreas keeps the concentration of glucose in your blood constant by hormones made in your pancreas.
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