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Homeostasis & Control of BGL Homeostasis Source - www.bbc.co.uk/schools/gcsebitesize/biology/humans/homeostasisrev1.shtml All the cells in our bodies are surrounded by a liquid called tissue fluid which has exactly the right conditions in which cells can work. Tissue fluid has the right temperature, the right amount of glucose and the right amounts of water and salt. Homeostasis is an important process that maintains these conditions at the right level. Source - http://pespmc1.vub.ac.be/ASC/HOMEOSTASIS.html A process of interaction which balances various influences and effects so that a stable state or a stable behaviour is maintained. Often that stable state or that stable behaviour is essential to assume structural stability of a SYSTEM. E.g., the size of the pupil of the human eye is negatively correlated with the intensity of light entering the retina thus keeping the amount of light within the limits of optimal processing of visual information. Too much light will destroy the light sensitive cones of the retina....

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