Chap 1: Feedbacks

Question 1

what’s the most common type of homeostatic mechanism

Answer 1

Negative Feedback

Question 2

Why is negative feedback negative?

Answer 2

The response moves the variable opposite to the deviation set point

Question 3

what does Negative Feedback prevent?

Answer 3

sudden, severe changes in the body

Question 4

examples of negative feedback:

Answer 4

body temperature, blood pressure, glucose level in the blood

Question 5

Whats the most uncommon feedback mechanism in the body?

Answer 5

Positive Feedback

Question 6

Change/deviations is intensified, instead of reversed for ….

Answer 6

positive feedback

Question 7

activity of effector is initially ____, instead of _______

Answer 7

increased, decreasing

Question 8

Positve feedback is ____-lived

Answer 8

short-lived

Question 9

what kind of conditions does positve feedback produce?

Answer 9

unstable conditions

Question 10

Will positive feedback lead to homeostasis?

Answer 10

yes

Question 11

examples of positive feedback

Answer 11

blood clotting, uterine contractions during childbirth