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Physiology
week 1-6
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is Homeostasis? | refers to stability, balance, or equilibrium within a cell or the body. It is an organism’s ability to keep a constant internal environment. |
| What term describes a signal traveling toward a particular center or point of reference? | afferent |
| The normal reading or range is called the? | set point |
| To accomplish self-regulation, a highly complex and integrated communication control system or network is required. This type of network is called ? | feedback control loop. |
| Processes for maintaining or restoring homeostasis are known as | homeostatic control mechanisms |
| Extrinsic control usually involves which mode of regulation? | nervous and edocrine |
| The body naturally changes some set points to different values at different times of the day. These daily cycles are called | circadian cycles |
| Effectors can be described as | organs that directly influence controlled physiological variables |
| Events that lead to an immune response to an infection or the formation of a blood clot are examples of | positive feedback |
| Which level of control operates at the cell level, often using genes and enzymes to regulate cell function? | intracellular regulation |
| A synapse can occur only between an axon and: | a dendrite. a cell body. and a another axon |
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Kristy.Davenport
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