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Edexcel IGCSE·Human Biology·IGCSE Human Biology

Homeostasis & Temperature Control

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Negative feedback, temperature regulation, and the control of blood glucose.

Homeostasis keeps the internal environment constant by negative feedback (detect a change → respond → reverse it).

Temperature control

The skin responds to keep body temperature ~37 °C:

  • Too hot: sweating (evaporation cools), vasodilation (more blood near the surface → more heat lost).
  • Too cold: shivering (respiration releases heat), vasoconstriction, hairs raised.

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