Topics of this game:
- maintaining a constant internal environment
- the change that is opposite to the original stimulus
- a change inside the organism caused by the initiation event
- something that causes a change in the environment, a disruption to homeostasis
- the part of the body that makes a change to bring the system back to homeostasis, causes a response
- the body part that senses a change/stimulus and signals the control center
- detects the system is outside of homeostasis and adjustments need to mede, most times it is the brain
- what happens inside the organism as a result of the effector
- lowers blood glucose
- this is the form of carbohydrate in which excess glucose is stored in the liver and cells
- the hormone which increases blood glucose when it is too low
- the organ responsible for prodiuing the hormones insulin and glucagon to help regulate blood sugar
- takes up glucose and stores as glycogen when insulin is released by the pancreas
- a condition where an individuals body cannot regulate blood sugar
- a cycle that can continue to amplify your body's response to a stimulus until a desired o
- during childbirth,more and more of a hormone called oxytocin is is released as a mother goes through labor
- milk production in nursing mothers. As the baby drinks milk, the hormone prolactin is released.
- factors that need to remain constant in the body
- a response when body temperature increases
- a response by the muscles when body temperature decreases
- person begins exercising
- rise in blood glucose level
- decrease in blood glucose level
- this is what happens when homeostasis is disrupted or not maintained for long periods
- the process in which a steady temperature is maintained inside the body
