Lab Exam 2 Flashcards
What are the two major branches of the efferent neural pathways?
Autonomic and somatic motor neurons
Positive or negative feedback loop?
Decrease in carbon dioxide below normal levels.
Negative
Positive or negative feedback loop?
Increase in blood pressure above normal levels?
Negative
Positive or negative feedback loop?
Uterine contractions during the birthing process.
Positive
Positive or negative feedback loop?
Accumulation of hydrogen ions in body fluids.
Negative
The structure that can act to adjust the system/ environment based on the specific stimulus
Effector
The outcome of the action taken by the effector.
Response
The structure that serves as a communication pathway between the structure that detects the stimulus and the structure that can process information about it
Afferent pathway
The change in a physiological variable/ measure in the body’s environment
Stimulus
What the effector does
Effector’s action
The structure that detects a change in the physiological variable.
Sensor
The structure that serves as a communication pathway between the structure that processes information about the stimulus and the structure that can act to adjust the system/ environment
Efferent pathway
The structure that can process information about the physiological change.
Integrating center
What type of sensor detects this stimulus?
Blood oxygen
Chemoreceptor
What type of sensor detects this stimulus?
Body fluid H+
Chemoreceptor
What type of sensor detects this stimulus?
Light
Photoreceptor
What type of sensor detects this stimulus?
Body temerature
Thermoreceptor
What type of sensor detects this stimulus?
Blood carbon dioxide
Chemoreceptor
What type of sensor detects this stimulus?
Pain
Nociceptor
What type of sensor detects this stimulus?
Osmolarity of body fluids
Osmoreceptor
What type of sensor detects this stimulus?
Blood pressure
Baroreceptor
Name the integrating center for this stimulus.
Blood pressure
Medulla oblongata and hypothalamus
Name the integrating center for this stimulus.
Appetite
Hypothalamus
Name the integrating center for this stimulus.
Blood CO2
Medulla oblongata and pons
Name the integrating center for this stimulus.
Osmolarity
Hypothalamus
Name the integrating center for this stimulus.
Blood pH
Medulla oblongata and pons
Name the integrating center for this stimulus.
Temperature
Hypothalamus
Name the integrating center for this stimulus.
Hearing
Primary auditory cortex
Name the integrating center for this stimulus.
Smell
Primary olfactory cortex
Name the integrating center for this stimulus.
Ventilation
Medulla oblongata and pons
Name the integrating center for this stimulus.
Thirst
Hypothalamus
The thermoregulatory center is located here:
Hypothalamus
Change in temperature is detected by this type of sensor:
Thermoreceptor
Body temperature below the normal range is called:
Hypothermia
Body temperature above the normal range is called:
Hyperthermia
The average body temperature in the human body is: (in degrees C)
37 degrees C
The generation of heat is called:
Thermogenesis
Heat transfer from direct contact with an object, such as gaining heat from the water in a hot tub, is this type.
Conductive
This type of heat loss is significantly reduced on a humid day.
Evaporative
Rapid muscle contraction-relaxation cycles are responsible for this type of heat production.
Shivering thermogenesis
The effectors for evaporative heat loss are:
Sweat glands
The most dangerous condition related to hyperthermia is ______, which has a 50% mortality rate.
Heat stroke
______ blood vessels/ arterioles that are located just below the skin surface are involved in maintaining body temperature in the cold and in the heat.
Cutaneous
The effector for generating heat in the body when temperature is well below normal is: ______.
Skeletal muscles
These signal molecules are cytokines that can increase the set point for temperature and cause fever during infection.
Pyrogens
Acceleration - general receptor type?
Mechanoreceptor
Acceleration - specific receptor cell(s)?
Hair cells
Acceleration - stimulus/stimuli detected?
Rotational and linear acceleration
Hearing - general receptor type
Mechanoreceptor
Hearing - specific receptor cell(s)?
Hair cells
Hearing - Stimulus/ stimuli detected?
Sound pressure waves