Please provide a legitimate answer and provide an explanation for the questions below. a) What is homeostasis?

b) How does the excretory system maintain homeostasis in the body?

c) Describe one way that the nervous system maintains homeostasis in the body.

Answers may vary, but in simple terms:

a) The ability of an organism to maintain its internal environment, despite changes to its internal or external environment.

b) The excretory system maintains homeostasis by controlling the amount of water, ions, and other substances found within the blood.

c) By simply controlling and regulating the other parts of the body.

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