Question

What could possibly happen if our heart and/or the vascular system could not maintain homeostasis of our body?

Answer 1

Homeostasis is a state of body to remain in equilibrium. The internal environment of the body remains same despite any change in external world. This is called homoeostasis.

If this homeostatis is disturbed, the our body will tend to move towards diseased state. Some of the important functions of homeostasis is thermoregulation and osmoregulation. If body fails to maintain these, then toxicity in body will develop. Each and every cell in our body will be affected. Cell death will occur. Due to cell death, organ failure can occur.

If our heart is not able to maintain homeostasis, then the normal circulation of body will be hampered. We might end up in circulatory shock. Cells will not get enough oxygen, cellular metabolism will be affected.

Less oxygen and blood reaching brain will lead to various cranial dysfunction like coma etc

Hypoxia in renal tissue can lead to renal failure.

Thus maintenance of homeostasis by our vascular system is very important because each and every tissue of our body is dependent on this system. Any dysfunction to vascular system will lead to dysfunctioning of other organs also.