homeostasis mindmap

Question 1

homeostasis

Answer 1

maintaining stable internal environment
despite changes in external environment

Question 2

internal environment

Answer 2

the environment of cells w/in multicellular organism eg. blood plasma surrounding RBC or tissue fluid

Question 3

stimulus response model

Answer 3

stimulus, receptor, modulator, effector, response

Question 4

stimulus

Answer 4

change in internal environment that can be detected

Question 5

receptor

Answer 5

cell/organ that detects change OR protein that binds to signaling molecule such as hormone

Question 6

effectir

Answer 6

molecule, hormone, cell, or organ that responds to a signal from a modulator and produces a response

Question 7

response

Answer 7

change in an organism resulting from detection of a stimulus

Question 8

negative feedback loop

Answer 8

original stimulus reduced by response (counteracts)

Question 9

homeostasis controlled by?

Answer 9

neg feedback loop

Question 10

cellular signaling steps

Answer 10

reception
transduction
response