Homeostasis
The 'window' that several variable factors are kept within
What is tolerance limit?
The two systems the nervous system is made up of
What is central and peripheral nervous system?
The name of metabolic disorder given to a person who does not produce enough insulin or does not respond properly to insulin
What is diabetes?
All biochemical reactions that occur in an organism
What is metabolism?
The process that produced four, non-identical daughter cells
What is meiosis?
The life-threatening situation a mammal experiences when it becomes too hot
What is hyperthermia?
Nerve cells that transmit information from a receptor
What are sensory neurons?
The hormone released in response to decreased blood glucose levels
What is glucagon?
The hormone produced by the thyroid gland
What is thyroxine?
The number of continents on Earth
What is 7
The name of the model we use to represent homeostatic responses in the body
What is stimulus-response?
The components of a neuron
What are dendrites, cell body, and axon
The type of cells that insulin is released from?
What are beta cells?
The hormone that stimulates the thyroid
What is thyroid stimulating hormone?
The Netflix show with the most steaming views in 2021
What is Squid Game?
When the response diminishes or reverses the original stimulus
What is Negative Feedback?
The receptor responsible for detecting tissue damage and pain
What are nociceptors?
Hormones that are derived from amino acids
What is amino acid derived hormones?
Location of receptors that detect a fall in thyroxine levels?
What is hypothalamus?
The only body part that is fully grown from birth?
What are eyes?
When the response reinforces or brings about an increase in the initial stimulus.
What is Positive Feedback?
The cells that make up the myelin sheath
What are Schwann cells?
The types of hormones that are polar (water soluble)
What are protein and peptide hormones?
The hormone that is secreted by the hypothalamus?
What is thyrotropin hormone?
The month Ms Kuschel is born