Lesson 1, Chapter 5 Flashcards
1
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Homeostasis
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Your body’s drive to maintain many different variables close to a certain set point
2
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Variable
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A condition, like blood pressure, that your body needs to keep within a certain range
3
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Set Point
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The normal range of values for a variable
4
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Hypothalamus
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A structure in the brain that monitors your body temperature
5
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Receptors
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Structures that detect changes in the environment
6
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Control Center
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The structure that makes decisions about how to respond to changes in a variable
7
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Effectors
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Structures that make changes to bring a variable back to its set point
