The basics
Anatomy
Atoms-----molecules ----cells ---- (Fill in the blank)
amplify or increase the occurrence of an event
Positive Feedback Loop
Lowers blood sugar by allowing glucose into body cells.
The function of body parts
Physiology
Smallest unit of matter
Atom
the normal range that an environmental parameter is to be controlled
Set Point
Glycogen
Organ's in the pleural cavity
Lungs
Tendency of the body to maintain a stable, balanced, internal environment
Homeostasis
Smallest unit of life
muscle or glands responding to deviation from the set point are known as
raises blood sugar by telling the liver to breakdown glycogen into glucose, to release into the bloodstream
glucagon
Muscle involved in breathing
Diaphragm
reactions in the body, require energy
metabolism
Passing DNA to new individuals
Reproduction
The ____________ is the control center for temperature regulation.
The brain
Dorsal cavity contains the
brain and spinal cord
cell becoming specialized to perform a specific function
Kati Mori suffered from
Hyponatremia
Sensor
Glucose in the blood stream ends up in two places
liver and body's cells
protect internal organs
allow organs them to move and change shape