Bodily systems show a remarkable capacity for maintaining a steady state of equilibrium, even as these systems perform their fun
ctions and are exposed to widely differing and stressful environmental conditions. The term that describes the body’s tendency to maintain a steady state is:
Homeostasis refers to any self-regulating process that living things use to actively maintain stability while adjusting to conditions (maintaining steady levels of temperature and other vital conditions such as the water, salt, sugar, protein, fat, calcium and oxygen contents of the blood) that are optimal for survival. We live a healthy life while homeostasis is successful, we get sick and it may lead to death when it is not successful. The term homeostasis was first used in 1930 by Dr. Walter Cannon.
