Vaginal dryness is an extremely common symptom of menopause, typically occurring sometime between 40 and 55 years of age. Symptoms include itching, burning, soreness, pain, or light bleeding during intercourse.
The urinary system generally maintains homeostasis: regulating blood volume, solute concentration and glucose balance through mechanisms that absorption, filtration and secretion.The organs that carryout these functions are the kidneys, urinary bladder and the urethra.he urinary system generally maintains homeostasis: regulating blood volume, solute concentration and glucose balance through mechanisms that absorption, filtration and secretion.
The control and maintenance of blood sugar levels is an example of homeostatic regulation by the endocrine system. Blood sugar is maintained by two hormones secreted by the pancreas: insulin and glucagon. Blood sugar rises after digestion of food. In response, pancreas cells are stimulated to secrete insulin, which enables sugar uptake by cells and the storage of sugar in the liver and muscles.