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Reden GAPUSAN
The goal of homeostasis is the maintenance of equilibrium around a point or value called a set point. While there are normal
fluctuations from the set point, the body’s systems will usually attempt to go back to this point. A change in the internal or
external environment is called a stimulus and is detected by a receptor; the response of the system is to adjust the deviation
parameter toward the set point.
A macromolecule is a very large molecule, such as a protein. They are composed of thousands of covalently bonded atoms. Many macromolecules are the polymerization of smaller molecules called monomers.
You will learn in this episode the differences and similarities between the two broad groups of cell- the prokaryotic cells and eukaryotic cells.