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Adriana McCrary
Physiology weeks 1-6 stack 1
Question | Answer |
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What term describes a signal traveling towards a partcular center or point of reference? | afferent |
Processes for maintaining or restoring homestasis are known as... | homeostatic control mechanisms |
which level of control operates at the cell level, often using genes and enzymes to regulate cell function? | intracellular regulation |
Effectors can be describes as... | organs that directly influence controlled physiological variables |
The relatively constant state maintained by the body is known as... | homeostasis |
What is another name for intrinsic control? | autoregulation |
Negative-feedback systems do what? | oppose a change |
Of the pathogenic organisms, which are the most complex? | Tapeworms |
The normal reading or range is called? | set point |
Events that lead to an immune response to an infection or the foramtion of a blood clot are examples of what? | positive feedback |