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What is homoeostasis ? How is it maintained in an individual’s body ?

1. The maintenance of the steady state by different systems of an organism for its optimal functioning because of a perfect co ordination is called homoeostasis.
2. Control and co ordination provide stability and maintenance of the steady state i.e. creation of a relatively constant environmental condition within any organism.
3. In an individual’s body perfect co ordination between internal activities of the body caused due to water or enzyme level and temperature etc. and similar such external environmental stimuli must be there to
achieve homoeostasis (e.g. In summer, with excessive sweating we feel more thirsty.)
4. In animals, nervous system along with hormones bring about co ordination.
5. In plants, due to lack of nervous system only hormones bring about chemical co ordination.