External Environment?
Surroundings in which an organism lives
External Environment for Amoeba?
Fresh water
External Environment for Human?
Air around us
Internal Environment?
Surroundings of the cells in a multicellular organism
Internal Environment for Human?
Tissue fluid
What does tissue fluid do?
Surrounds every cell in the human body.
Homeostasis?
Maintaining a constant internal environment
Normal body temp. for humans?
37 Degrees celsius
Normal blood pH for humans?
7
What controls body temperature?
Skin
What controls blood pH and tissue fluid pH?
Kidneys
What controls the prevention of toxic waste building up?
Kidney + Liver
What controls glucose levels?
Endocrine system?
What controls oxygen concentrations?
Respiratory system