{"id":18609,"date":"2018-12-08T10:43:14","date_gmt":"2018-12-08T16:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/?p=18609"},"modified":"2018-12-08T10:43:18","modified_gmt":"2018-12-08T16:43:18","slug":"word-of-the-day-434","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2018\/12\/08\/word-of-the-day-434\/","title":{"rendered":"Word Of The Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Homeostasis<\/em>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>Homeostasis<\/strong>\u00a0is the state of steady internal conditions maintained by living things.<sup><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Homeostasis#cite_note-1\">[1]<\/a><\/sup>\u00a0This dynamic state of equilibrium is the condition of optimal functioning for the organism and includes many variables, such as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Body_temperature\">body temperature<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Fluid_balance\">fluid balance<\/a>, being kept within certain pre-set limits (homeostatic range). Other variables include the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/PH\">pH<\/a>\u00a0of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Extracellular_fluid\">extracellular fluid<\/a>, the concentrations of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sodium\">sodium<\/a>,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Potassium\">potassium<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Calcium\">calcium<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ion\">ions<\/a>, as well as that of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Blood_sugar_level\">blood sugar level<\/a>, and these need to be regulated despite changes in the environment, diet, or level of activity. Each of these variables is controlled by one or more regulators or homeostatic mechanisms, which together maintain life. <em>[<strong><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Homeostasis\u00a0is the state of steady internal conditions maintained by living things.[1]\u00a0This dynamic state of equilibrium is the condition of optimal functioning for the organism and includes many variables, such as\u00a0body temperature\u00a0and\u00a0fluid balance, being kept within certain pre-set limits (homeostatic range). Other variables include the\u00a0pH\u00a0of\u00a0extracellular fluid, the concentrations of\u00a0sodium,\u00a0potassium\u00a0and\u00a0calciumions, as well as that of the\u00a0blood sugar level, and these need to be regulated despite changes in the environment, diet, or level of activity. Each of these variables is controlled by one or more regulators or homeostatic mechanisms, which together maintain life. [Wikipedia] (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Homeostasis\" target=\"_blank\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/strong>]<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Noted in &#8220;<em><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Noted in &quot;The Writer Automaton,&quot; BBC. (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.chonday.com\/15454\/the-writer-automaton\/\" target=\"_blank\">The Writer Automaton<\/a><\/em>,&#8221; <strong><em>BBC<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Homeostasis: Homeostasis\u00a0is the state of steady internal conditions maintained by living things.[1]\u00a0This dynamic state of equilibrium is the condition of optimal functioning for the organism and includes many variables, such as\u00a0body temperature\u00a0and\u00a0fluid balance, being kept within certain pre-set limits (homeostatic range). Other variables include the\u00a0pH\u00a0of\u00a0extracellular fluid, the concentrations of\u00a0sodium,\u00a0potassium\u00a0and\u00a0calciumions, as \u2026 <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/2018\/12\/08\/word-of-the-day-434\/\"> Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr; <\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18609","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18609","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18609"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18609\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18610,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18609\/revisions\/18610"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18609"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18609"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/huewhite.com\/umb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18609"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}