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Homeostasis in organisms is their ability to maintain a fragile internal stability due to a coordinated response to external stressors by one or more of the organism’s biological functions. This means an organism maintains a fragile internal balance by having systems and parts that balance them when their environment becomes stressful. A stressful environment could be anything from heat, to lack of water or food, to a sickness. If organisms did not have these systems, they would not survive long. For example, if an organism was attacked by bacteria and it had no internal defense (antibodies or other systems) then the bacteria would simply spread throughout the organism until the organism could no longer support the bacteria, which would eventually lead to the organism’s death. However, with an internal system like antibodies to fight the bacteria, the organism could survive with very few, if any, side effects. This is why it is important to maintain homeostasis. Without it, our lives would not be very long.
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