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gans, single cells, and even tiny structures inside cells. For ex-
whole body from one place to another when you walk or run.
After you eat a meal that contains fats, your gallbladder con-
tracts and releases bile into the gastrointestinal tract to help di-
white blood cells move from the bloodstream into the affected
tissue to help clean up and repair the area. Inside the cell, var-
tween bone cells, causing the bone to grow in length and width.
cursor cells, which can divide and give rise to cells that un-
later in the text, each type of cell in the body has a specialized
(ancestor) cells. For example, red blood cells and several types
of white blood cells all arise from the same unspecialized pre-
cursor cells in red bone marrow. Also through differentiation,
lar fluid (extra- outside), abbreviated ECF. The ECF that fills
your studies, you will learn that the ECF differs depending on
stances move back and forth between it and blood plasma. Such
Control of Homeostasis
lack of enough oxygen for that two-mile run. Other disruptions orig-
inate in the internal environment, such as a blood glucose level that
falls too low when you skip breakfast. Homeostatic imbalances may
the demands of work and school, for example. In most cases the
often, the nervous system and the endocrine system, working to-