MIDTERM QUIZ 1 Flashcards
Regulates homeostasis by sensing system deviations and sending nerve impulses to appropriate organs.
Nervous system
Controls and coordinates the body’s response to changes in the environment using hormones
Endocrine system
the dynamic process in which the body maintains balance by constantly adjusting to internal and external stimuli
Homeostasis
the property of particles in a solution to dissociate into ions.
Osmolarity
This is the balance of positive and negative charges.
Electroneutrality
relaying of information about a given condition to the appropriate organ or system.
Feedback
the body reverses an original stimulus for the body to regain physiologic balance.
Negative feedback
Enhances or intensifies the original stimulus.
Positive feedback
A woman in labor contractions in childbirth what kind of feedback?
Positive malamang
Osmoregulation
what kind of feedback?
negative syempre kaya nga regulation e bobo kaba
Consist of water, electrolytes, blood plasma and component cells, proteins, and other soluble particles
solutes.
a dynamic process that is crucial for life and homeostasis.
Fluid and electrolyte
Fluid occupies almost _____ of the weight of an adult.
60%
two fluid compartments:
intracellular space and extracellular space.
stabilizing agent for the parts of the cell, helps maintain cell shape, and assists with transport of nutrients across the cell membrane, in and out of the cell.
Intracellular fluid / icf
mostly appears as interstitial tissue fluid and intravascular fluid.
Extracellular fluid / ecf
Cerebrospinal fluid contains?
Instertitial fluid of 20%
Intraocular fluid is made of?
Plasma 7.5%
Fluid within blood vessels contains plasma
Intravascular
Surrounds the cell (cartilages, connective tissue)
Interstitial
Fluid found in body cavities (CSF intestinal fluid)
Transcellular
stimulates or inhibits the desire for a person to drink.
thirst center in the hypothalamus