Homeostasis

Homeostasis is responding to changes in the situations of the external environment plus the internal environment. Homeostasis works to keep the organism's internal environment within tolerance limits; the range of situations where the body's procedures are able to function at a level that could permit life to carry on in that organism. The respiratory, cardiovascular, as well as muscular systems are all controlled by homeostasis.

Changes in the activities of the cardiovascular system are often a result of changes in the activities of other systems. The heart rate, cardiac output, peripheral resistance as well as blood pressure react to diverse degrees of ...