systems
functions of life
Homeostasis
Ben & Marc
Vocab
100
Functions in support movement and protection
What is the skeletal system?
100
Removing waste from the body
What is excretion
100
The level at which a variable in the body should be maintained is determined by this
What is the control center?
100
the homeostatic control of temperature in the body is called
What is thermoregulation
100
Something is toward your head
What is superior (or cranial)
200
Primary organs include esophagus and small intestines?
What is digestive system?
200
what system functions in breaking down food in small molecules to be moved throughout the body?
What is digestive
200
The control center rescives information from teh receptor on this kind of path
What is afferent?
200
Ions that help cells function properly found in liquids you drink are called
What are electrolytes
200
Cephalic
What is head
300
Functions in elimination of nitrogen containing wastes
What is urinary system
300
The integumentary system is almost completely responsible for this function of life
What is maintaining boundaries
300
Type of homeostatic control in which the effect of the response to the stimulus is to shut of or reduce the intensity of that stimulus
What is negative feedback loop?
300
The hormone released by the pancreas when blood sugar is low
What is glucagon?
300
the pateller region is this to the pubic region
What is inferior (caudal) or distal
400
Major organs include the pituitary, thymus, and pancreas
What is the endocrine system?
400
the nervous system is mainly responsible for this function of life that involves reacting to the enviornment
What is responsiveness or irritability
400
In the homeostatic balance of blood pH, what system is the control center?
What is the nervous system?
400
Having low blood volume and what is does to heart rate
What is hpyovolemia and increases
400
the scapular region
What is shoulder blade
500
Functions in protection & elimination of waste
What is the integumentary system
500
metabolism and one of the systems involved in it
What is all chemical reactions in the body. what is respiratory, cardiovascular, digestive, or endocrine.
500
In the homeostatic control of low blood pressure, what is the first system to respond and what response does it trigger in the body
What is increased central nervous system and increased heart rate?
500
Three differences between neurotransmitters and hormones
What are: NT are in nervous system, electrochemical, faster, specific to one traget Hormones are released into the blood by endocrine system, slow, affect multiple targets
500
the femoral region, the tarsal region,and how they are located compared to each other
What is thigh is proximal to ankle or ankle is distal to thigh