What is negative feedback in the body?

Answer 1

A form of homeostasis...

Negative feedback basically refers to the body's ability to counteract a change in the body by releasing hormones. Usually, negative feedback is referred to the body trying to lessen a substance or hormone. It actually exists in a "loop". Here is one such example:

Another example is body temperature control. When the temperature in the body gets too high, we start sweating to reduce the temperature to normal again. When we get too cold, we start shivering to warm up ourselves again.

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Answer 2

Maya Anderson

In order to maintain homeostasis, the body uses a regulatory mechanism known as negative feedback, in which the body's reaction to a stimulus or change in a physiological parameter works to oppose or counteract the initial change.

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Answer from HIX Tutor

When evaluating a one-sided limit, you need to be careful when a quantity is approaching zero since its sign is different depending on which way it is approaching zero from. Let us look at some examples.