sentence: Animals keep their body in a stable condition.
sentences_before: The most important example of homeostasis is life.
sentences_after: They do so by regulating their inner equilibrium. For example, they adjust their pH, temperature, amount of oxygen or carbon dioxide in the blood and so on. In living things, the study of how they keep in a stable condition is called physiology. Mostly, our physiology works unconsciously throughout life. We have many feedback systems which adjust our physiology so that we stay alive.
concept_name: animal
headings: Homeostasis
categories: Physiology Systems theory