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An animal’s body maintains a relatively constant internal environment. How is this accomplished? It is surprisingly similar to the way a thermostat and heating system maintain a relatively constant temperature inside a room. The diagram below shows how a thermostat responds when the temperature becomes too hot or too cold.
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The internal environment maintains stable conditions with the external environments in an animal body at an equilibrium which is known as homeostasis. When the external temperature is cool, then the oxidation of fats in the adipose tissue increases insulating the body and keeps the internal temperature warm and helps the animal to survive in cool temperatures.

when the external temperature is hot, then the sweat glands in the skin are opened and sweating cools the body temperature and helps to balance the hot temperature of the weather outside.

Thus, the homeostasis mechanism in the animals works similar to the thermostat.

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Set point.

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Stimulus.

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Sensor.

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Increases.

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Positive.

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Homeostasis.
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