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SCI221 Physiology
1st half
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Homeostasis | Homeostasis is used to describe the relatively constant states maintained by the body—internal environment around body cells remains constan |
| Feedback loop | Communication networks for maintaining or restoring homeostasis by self-regulation through feedback |
| Negative feedback loop | Communication networks for maintaining or restoring homeostasis by self-regulation through feedback |
| Set point | normal value or range for homeostasis |
| intracellular control | regulation within cells |
| intrinsic control | (autoregulation) regulation within tissue and organs |
| extrinsic control | regulation from organ to organ |
| atomic number | number of protons in nucleus |
| mass number | protons + neutrons |
| isotopes | same number of protons but different number of neutrons |
| molecule | two or more atoms covalently joined |