Homeostasis

Question 1

What are sensory receptors?

Answer 1

sensory receptors detect stimuli and can be classified based on the stimuli

Question 2

What are the different types of sensory receptors?

Answer 2

Photoreceptors(light), thermoreceptors(Heat), nociceptors(damage), mechanoreceptor(mechanical forces), chemoreceptors(chemicals)

Question 3

What are effectors?

Answer 3

Muscles and glands that carry out a response to stimuli

Question 4

How would muscles and glands respond to a stimulus?

Answer 4

Muscles would enact a movement response such as contraction and glands will secrete molecules

Question 5

What does homeostasis involve?

Answer 5

Homeostasis refers to maintaining a constant internal environment. This is achieved through various processes in the body that occur via negative feedback

Question 6

What is metabolism?

Answer 6

Metabolism involves the chemical processes that break down food and drink into energy

Question 7

What are the two main types of metabolism?

Answer 7

Catabolism and anabolism

Question 8

What is catabolism?

Answer 8

Large, complex molecules are broken down into small, simple molecules that are used for energy or other anabolic reactions

Question 9

What is anabolism?

Answer 9

smaller molecules bind together to form complex molecules. These reactions require energy and is considered the building-up part of metabolism.

Question 10

What are the three main purposes of metabolism?

Answer 10

The conversion of food/fuel to energy to run cellular processes, the conversion of food to building blocks for proteins, lipids, nucleic acid, and some carbohydrates and the elimination of nitrogenous wastes