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Homeostasis
The state of physiological balance
Negative feedback
Conditions exceeding a limit in one direction, cause a reaction in the opposite direction; most common homeostatic mechanism
frontal plane
Divides the body into the front and back portions
Afferent pathway
The pathway a stimulus travels from the receptor to the control center
physiology
The study of how living things function or work
Transverse plane
Divides the body into the top and bottom portions
Effector
Receives a stimulus to cause an action to maintain homeostasis
Anatomical position
The starting point for describing positions and directions of the human body
Anatomy
The study if the form or structure of all living things
Efferent pathway
The pathway a stimulus travels from the control center to the effector
Sagittal plane
Divides the body into the right and left portions
Receptor
Receives a stimulus and relays it to the control center