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Hughes_elle Test Skin, Homeostasis And More Flashcards

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1
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  1. How does the skin help regulate body temperature?
A

By enabling excess heat to escape from the body

  1. BP - Skin
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  1. What is below the dermis?
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The hypodermis, fat cells, sucutaneous tissue

  1. CLF - Skin Diagram
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  1. What is a sweat gland?
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It is a small gland that secretes sweat

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  1. What is a hair follicle?
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It opens up to the epidermis and it surronds the root of the hair

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  1. Normal air contains approximately 20% O2 and 0.5% CO2. When a human inhales, we absorb and use some of the oxygen we breathe in. Our metabolism converts that Oxygen to Carbon Dioxide, which we exhale, or outgas. Without properly functioning lungs, what would occur?
A

Homeostasis would not be maintained

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  1. Catalase is a
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Chemical, enzyme, catalyst, protein

  1. WKST - Skin
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  1. What can you conclude from the fact from the fact that your skin prevents harmful germs from entering your body?
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Germs can enter your body through cuts and scrapes

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  1. Name three things that measure a liquid.
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Pipette, 10 ml graduated cylinder, 250 ml beaker

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  1. Positive feedback control mechanisms are:
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More rare than negative feedback mechanisms and tend to increase the original stimulus

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  1. The hormone that signals the kidneys to regulate the amount of water in the body is…
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Antidieuritic

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  1. Which bodily system is responsible for the sense of touch?
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The nervous system

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  1. When the body temperature becomes abnormally high, thermoregulatory homeostasis is maintained by……
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An increase in sweat gland activity and an increase in blood flow to the skin

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  1. Name an homeothermic animal.
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Cat

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  1. Muscles assoiciated with hair follicles and are positioned in such a way that they contract in reaction to cold or emotional stimuli.
A

Arrector pili

  1. Homeostasis
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  1. Sweat glands……
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Aid in cooling the body

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  1. Shivering and sweating are two responses in which feedback?
A

Negative

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17
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  1. What organelle releases chemicals that break down large food particles?
A

Lysosomes

  1. Body organization
18
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  1. The protein that helps protect the skin and underlying tissue is…
A

Keratin

  1. BP - Skin
19
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  1. When you are done eating a meal, hiw does your body prevent your blood sugar from going to high?
A

Your pancreas will secrete glucogon which will cause the sugar to move in to body cells from the blood

  1. BP - Skin
20
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  1. What might happen if your respiratorycenter malfunctioned?
A

The oxygen level in your blood might go out of balance

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21
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  1. What will help cool your body?
A

Evaporation of sweat from the skins surface

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22
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  1. Prolactin production is encouraged in what type of feedback?
A

Positive

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23
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  1. The forehead, eyelids and the shin are missing what layer of the skin?
A

Sucutaneous tissue

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24
Q
  1. Washing your skin helps prevent…
A

Acne

  1. WKST - Skin
25
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  1. What might happen if you didnt run a fever when you got sick?
A

You wouldnt fight of the infection as efficiently as it would

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26
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  1. Give an example of positive feedback?
A

A woman nursing a baby

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27
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  1. List the four tissues.
A

Epithelium, connective, muscular, nervous

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28
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  1. Light skinned races such as Caucasians have ….
A

Water temperature

  1. Lab - Temperature and enzyme
29
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  1. Endothermic creatures maintain a constant body temperature, while endothermicm organisms do not. What is the bes synonym for endothermic?
A

Warm blooded

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30
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  1. The dependent variable in our experiment is illustrated by the….
A

Height of column of bubbles

  1. Lab - Temperature and Enzyme
31
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  1. Skin cells produce…
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Vitamin D

  1. WKST - Skin
32
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  1. Washing your skin can help prevent a condition called….
A

Acne

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33
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  1. Whats a glogi body?
A

It distributes protiens

  1. Body Organization
34
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  1. What does the endoplasmic reticulum do?
A

It transports protiens

  1. Notes - Homeostasis
35
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  1. When the body is cold, the body….
A

Decreases the blood flow to warm the body

  1. WKST - Skin
36
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  1. Name a formula in words.
A

Hydrogen peroxide, oxygen, water

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