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OCR: BODY REGULATION "HE CONDITIONS inside your body Pole. The levels of sugar and water in must be kept constant so that your your system must also be stable The body cells can work efficiently The process of keeping levels constant temperature of your body for example, called homeostasis. When any change must stay at 37C (98.6F), W "hether occurs, your brain detects and then you are in the desert or at the North sends out messages to correct BLOOD SUGAR LEVELS Sugar regulation An organ in your abdom en called the panci reas releases chemicals to correct unusually high 1O low blood sugar levels. If sugar levels rise, the pa ncreas relea ses insulin. chemica that prom ots the liver LO store sugar sugar levels fall, the pancreas relea ses glucagon, a chemical that Liver prom pts the liver to rel ...