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SCI 221 Week 1
Homeostasis
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Shivering to try to raise your body temperature back to normal would be an example of: the body trying to maintain homeostasis. a positive-feedback mechanism. a negative-feedback mechanism. both A and C. | both A and C. |
| Homeostasis can best be described as: a constant state maintained by living and nonliving organisms. a state of relative constancy. adaptation to the external environment. changes in body temperature. | a constant state maintained by living and nonliving organisms. |
| Negative-feedback mechanisms: minimize changes in blood glucose levels. maintain homeostasis. are responsible for an increased rate of sweating when air temperature is higher than body temperature. All of the above are correct. | All of the above are correct. |
| Which of the following is a protein substance with no DNA or RNA and is thought to be the cause of mad cow disease? Virus Bacteria Prion Protozoan | Prion |
| Pathogenesis can be defined as: a specific disease. a group of diseases. the course of disease development. a subgroup of viruses. | the course of disease development. |
| The normal reading or range of normal is called the: sensor point. set point. effector point. integrator point. | set point. |
| Epidemiology is the study of the _____ of diseases in human populations. occurrence distribution transmission All of the above are correct. | All of the above are correct. |
| Intrinsic control: usually involves the endocrine or nervous system. operates at the cellular level. is sometimes called autoregulation. operates at the system or organism level. | is sometimes called autoregulation. |
| Of the 11 major body systems, which is the least involved in maintaining homeostasis? Circulatory Endocrine Lymphatic Reproductive | Reproductive |
| The contraction of the uterus during the birth of a baby is an example of _____ feedback. negative positive inhibitory deviating | positive |