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Chukwuma Anazodo
Week 1: Homeostasis
Question | Answer |
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What is homeostasis? | It is the ability of an organism or cell to control their internal environment in order to maintain optimal control and health. |
What if fight-or-flight | It is the short term physiological changes in response to stress that prepare the body for intense activity to avoid harm. |
Increase in body temperature will result in what type of feed back? | Negative feedback |
Causes of homeostasis. | Stimuli |
The transport of solutes or fluids is known as what? | Pinocytosis |
Movement from higher concentration to lower concentration is----? | Passive transport |
ADH | The hormone that regulates the water content of the blood |
Positive feedback | Where the production of one hormone causes the release of another hormone . |
Pancreas | Makes and releases insulin and Glucagon. |
Pituitary gland secretes------? | It secretes ADH |