Body Systems
Homeostasis
Negative Feedback
Directional Terms
Body Cavities
100
A body system that provides protection and support that contains bones and joints.
What is the skeletal system?
100
The maintenance of a relatively constant environment with the body
What is homeostasis?
100
The feedback mechanism that mostly functions to maintain homeostasis.
What is negative feedback?
100
This means lower
What is Inferior?
100
This cavity is surrounded by the rib cage and is separate from the abdominal cavity.
What is thoracic cavity?
200
A system that preforms the mechanical and chemical process of breaking down food
What is the digestive system?
200
A range of conditions that help maintain homeostasis like temperature, volume and chemical content.
What is a variable?
200
An example of negative feed back.
What is the maintenance of normal blood pressure?
200
This means to the side.
What is lateral?
200
A small space that is enclosed by the bones of the pelvis.
What is the pelvic cavity?
300
A major regulatory system that detects sensations and controls movements
What is the nervous system?
300
Mechanisms like sweating or shivering that maintain homeostasis.
What is a set point?
300
Monitors the value of a variable.
What is a receptor?
300
This means nearest.
What is proximal?
300
This is bounded by the abdominal muscles and contains the stomach
What is the abdominal cavity?
400
A system that maintains tissue fluid balance and combats disease
What is the lymphatic system?
400
There is no actual set point that your body HAS to be at so what is the other name for the body trying to maintain homeostasis.
What is normal range?
400
This establishes the set point around where the variable is maintained.
What is the control center?
400
This means to the belly.
What is ventral?
400
The abdominal and pelvic cavity combined.
What is the abdominopelvic cavity?
500
A system that produces hormones through glands?
What is endocrine system?
500
The kind of systems help maintain homeostasis
What is all organ systems?
500
This can change the value of the variable.
What is the effector?
500
This means to the back.
What is dorsal?
500
The portion containing the heart, thymus, trachea, esophagus,and other structures.
What is the mediastinum?
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