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Cricks Feedback Loop Study Aid

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What name is given to the cycle of events where a bodu condition is continually monitored, evaluated, changed, remonitored, reevaluated etc...   Feedback system  
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What name is given to disruption that changes a controlled condition?   stimulis  
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What name is given to any body structure that monitors for changes in a controlled condition?   A receptor  
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What do you call the part of the body that sent the range of values within which a controlled condition should be maintained?   The Control Center (usually the brain, frequently not.)  
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What do you call a body structure that receives OUTPUT from the control center?   The effector  
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What do you call the response from the effector that changes the controlled condition back to where it needs to be?   the response (yeah, I used that as part of the question.)  
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What do you call a feedback system that reverses a stimulus that it senses?   A negative feedback system  
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What do you call a feedback system that enhances a stimulus that it senses?   A positive feedback system.  
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If your blood sugar level gets too high, the body releases insulin to lower the glucose level. What kind of feedback system is this?   A negative feedback system  
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If the body senses that the blood pressure is too high, it responds by slowing the heart rate, lowering the BP. What kind of feedback system is this?   A negative feedback system  
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If the body senses that blood clotting factors are rising in the blood, it creates MORE blood clotting factors and releases them into the blood. What kind of feedback system is this?   A positive feedback system (it increases something found rather than reversing it.)  
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During childbirth, chemical are released into the bloodstream that cause the uteris to contract. The body releases more of these chemicals to increase uterine contractions. What kind of feedback system is this?   A positive feedback system because the change is being enhanced rather than being reversed.  
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