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Christine Adams
Study Stack Week 1 Chapter 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Processes for maintaining or restoring homeostasis are known as? | Homeostatic Control Mechanisms. |
| Events that lead to an immune response to an infection of the formation of a blood clot are examples of | Positive Feedback. |
| Intracellular parasites that consist of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat and sometimes by a lipoprotein envelope are called | Viruses. |
| Intrinsic Control | Is sometimes called Autoregulation. |
| If the secretion of oxytocin during childbirth operated as a negative-feedback control loop, what effect would it have on uterine contractions? | Oxytocin would inhibit uterine contractions. |
| Which of the following is a protein substance with no DNA or RNA and is thought to be the cause of mad cow disease? | Prion |
| The contraction of the uterus during the birth of a baby is an example of ________ feedback | Positive |
| What term describes a signal traveling toward a particular center or point of reference? | Afferent |
| The body naturally changes some set points to different values at different times of the day. These daily cycles are called ________ | Circadian Cycles. |
| Many complex processes of the body are coordinated at many levels. These include ________, __________, ___________. | Intracellular. Intrinsic . Extrinsic |
| Shivering to try to raise your body temperature back to normal would be an examples of? | -the body trying to maintain homeostasis. -a negative-feedback mechanism. |
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