Homeostasis
Homeostasis Homeostasis comes from two Greek words- Homeo, meaning same, and Stasis, meaning standing. So standing or staying the same is the literal definition of homeostasis. Although homeostasis does not mean something that is set and immobile and stays exactly the same all the time. ... The brain and nerves, the heart, lungs, kidneys and spleen, all working cooperatively, is homeostasis. ... The human body also uses homeostasis to keep it’s temperature constant with things such as sweat when it gets to hot.