Homeostasis

[WLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5] [CLOs: 1, 2, 3, 4]

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, review the video titled, Homeostasis and Negative/Positive Feedback (Links to an external site.). It is also recommended that you review the required readings from previous weeks as well.

In this assignment, you will be reflecting on how homeostasis impacts the skin and body membranes, skeletal system, muscular system, nervous system, and blood.

In your paper,

• Describe homeostasis and its role in the human body.
• Choose one of the body systems covered in class.
• Discuss how your chosen body system impacts homeostasis.
• Select a body system from the course text that was not covered in this course.
  • Summarize the role of the body system not yet covered.
  • Predict how homeostasis will impact the body systems not yet covered.
  • Please note: You will be exploring your selected body system in more detail in HIM 206: Anatomy & Physiology II.

The Homeostasis assignment,

• Must be three to five double-spaced pages in length (not including title and references pages) and formatted according to APA Style (Links to an external site.) as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA Formatting for Word 2013 (Links to an external site.) resource.
• Must include a separate title page with the following:
  • Title of paper in bold font
    • Space should be between title and the rest of the information on the title page.
  • Student’s name
  • Name of institution
  • Course name and number
  • Instructor’s name
  • Due date
• Must utilize academic voice. See the Academic Voice (Links to an external site.) resource for additional guidance.
• Must include an introduction and conclusion paragraph. Your introduction paragraph needs to end with a clear thesis statement that indicates the purpose of your paper.
  • For assistance on writing Introductions & Conclusions (Links to an external site.) as well as Writing a Thesis Statement (Links to an external site.), refer to the Writing Center resources.
• Must use at least two scholarly, peer-reviewed, and/or credible sources in addition to the course text.
  • The Scholarly, Peer-Reviewed, and Other Credible Sources (Links to an external site.) table offers additional guidance on appropriate source types. If you have questions about whether a specific source is appropriate for this assignment, please contact your instructor. Your instructor has the final say about the appropriateness of a specific source for a particular assignment.
  • To assist you in completing the research required for this assignment, view this University of Arizona Global Campus Library Quick ‘n’ Dirty (Links to an external site.) tutorial, which introduces the University of Arizona Global Campus Library and the research process, and provides some library search tips.
• Must document any information used from sources in APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center’s APA: Citing Within Your Paper (Links to an external site.) guide.
• Must include a separate references page that is formatted according to APA Style as outlined in the Writing Center. See the APA: Formatting Your References List (Links to an external site.) resource in the Writing Center for specifications.

Carefully review the Grading Rubric (Links to an external site.) for the criteria that will be used to evaluate your assignment.