What is homeostasis, and what happens when the body fails to ...

[ericka1]

What is homeostasis, and what happens when the body fails to maintain homeostasis?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

The combining form that means yellow is ___________________ _.
 
  Fill in the blank(s) with correct word

[ghepp]

Answer to Question 1

Homeostasis is the process of maintaining internal stability. Homeostasis is an important concept in human physiology. The term is constructed from the combining form home/o, which means sameness or unchanging, and -stasis, which is a suffix that means standing still. If the body fails to maintain homeostasis, instability or disease results.

Answer to Question 2

xanth/o; xantho

[ericka1]

Wow, this really help

[Jossy]

Thanks for the timely response, appreciate it