What are the 3 functions of the Integumentary System?
1. Protection (including temp regulation)
2. Elimination of some wastes
3. Helps make Vitamin D
What are the 3 main functions of the Respiratory System?
1. Facilitates gas exchange of O2 and CO2 between the atmosphere and blood
2. Helps regulate acid-base balance of body fluids
3. Aids in producing sound
What monitors changes in a controlled condition and sends input in the form of nerve impulses or chemical signals to a control center.
What is a receptor?
What makes up the majority of the ECF? It is located between cells of a tissue.
What is interstitial fluid?
What are the 3 functions of the Skeletal System?
1. Support & Protection of the body
2. Produces blood cells
3. Stores minerals and lipids
What are the 3 functions of the Digestive System?
1. Achieves physical and chemical breakdown of food
2. Absorbs nutrients
Eliminates solid wastes
What sets the range of values within which a controlled condition should be maintained. It then evaluates the input it receives from the receptors and generates output commands when they are needed.
What is the control center?
What is the fluid inside blood vessels?
What is Intravascular fluid?
What are the 3 functions of the Muscular System?
1. Participates in body movements
2. Stabilizes Posture
3. Generates heat
What are the 3 main functions of the Urinary System?
1. Produces, stores, and eliminates urine
2. Eliminates wastes, and regulates volume and chemical composition of blood
3. Helps regulate production of RBCs
What is a body structure that receives output form the control center and produces a response or effect that changes the controlled condition?
What is an effector?
___ is defined as "the loss of ECF into a space that does not contribute to equilibrium between the ICF and ECF.
What is Third-spacing?
What are the 3 functions of the Nervous System?
1. Regulates body activities
2. Interprets internal and external changes
3. Responds to changes by causing either muscular contractions or glandular secretions.
What are the 3 functions of the Reproductive System?
1. Gonads produce, store, and release gametes that unite to form a new organism
2. Gonads release hormones that regulate reproduction and other body processes
3. Mammary glands produce milk
If a response reverses the original stimulus, the system is a ___ ___ ___.
What is a Negative Feedback System?
What is the main functions of the Endocrine System?
1. Regulates body activities by releasing hormones
What are the 3 functions of the Lymphatic/Immune System?
1. Helps protect against infectious diseases
2. Returns excess tissue fluid back to the cardiovascular system
3. Transports lipids from GI tract to the blood
If a response reinforces the original stimulus, the system is a ___ ___ ___.
What is a Positive Feedback System?
What are the 3 functions of the Cardiovascular System?
1. Transports O2 and nutrients to cells, and CO2 and wastes away from cells.
2. Regulates acid-base balance, temperature, and water content of body fluids
3. Defends against infection and hemorrhage
What is Homeostasis?
What is the state of equilibrium within the body?
What is the difference between signs and symptoms?
Symptoms are subjective, Signs are objective.