Body Systems/Homeostasis
A cell spends most of its life doing.....
What is replicating DNA, growing, normal cell functions, and preparing to divide?
Primary tissue found in glands
What is epithelial?
The layer of the epidermis responsible for creating new cells constantly through the process of mitosis
What is stratum basale?
Parts of brain that work to regulate our breathing
What is the medulla and pons?
The epidermis is _______ to the dermis.
What is superficial?
Muscular and skeletal systems share which of the following functions.
What is movement?
The term _____ refers to a type of epithelial tissue which only has one layer.
What is simple?
Functions of the skin
What is body temperature regulation, vitamin D synthesis, protection from bacterial invasion, and detection of pressure?
Carbon dioxide we exhales comes from ____
What is waste product of cellular respiration?
Anterior Elbow
What is antebrachial?
Operate in such a way that an initial stimulus causes a feedback loop to bring body back to a normal range
What is a negative feedback loop?
Type of muscle found on the stomach and lining the blood vessels
What is smooth muscle?
Accessory organ that helps to sense pressure
What is the Pacinian Corpuscle?
Structure that acts as a door to block food from entering the respiratory system
What is the epiglottis?
Five criteria for anatomical position
What is stand erect, palms facing forward, head forcing forward, arms at your side, and feet flat on the floor?
When you get a cut and your skin releases hormones that signal platelets to come and stop the bleeding. The hormones signal until the cut is closed.
What is positive feedback loop?
Cells that are mutated can self-destruct
What is apoptosis?
_____ glands release mostly water, _____ glands release liquid containing pheromones that cause body odor.
What is eccrine and apocrine?
Amount of air left in our lungs after forced exhalation
What is residual volume?
Levels of organization smallest to largest
What is molecules, cells, tissues, organs, organ systems, organism?
Ability of an organism to sense changes that take place within its body
What is responsiveness?
Structure and function of cell membrane
What is phospholipid bilayer with proteins embedded that allows cell to be considered semipermeable?
When body temperature drops the arrector pili muscle contract to _____
What is allow hair to stand up to try an keep us warm?
When you get nervous and feel like you can't catch your breath, what factory is responsible for the change in breathing rate?
What is emotional factor?
All methods of transport that move molecules from high to low concentration
What is osmosis, facilitated diffusion, and diffusion?