Scott_Garrett test: Body Organization, systems and homeostasis Flashcards

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63 How does your body prevent blood sugar from going too high?

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Your pancreas will secrete insulin. Insulin will cause the sugar to movie in to body cells from the blood.

  1. Notes homeostasis
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28 Heart and blood vessels are organs of what system?

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Circulatory

  1. Body_Systems
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66 What is an example of response?

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Leaves turn to the sun.

  1. Characteristics_of_LivingThings
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72 Define a system

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A group of structures that perform broad functions.

  1. Hierarchy_of_the_Body
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  1. What unit of organization is represented by the nervous tissue
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Tissue

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  1. What organ system supports the body, protects the vital organs and makes blood cells.
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Skeletal

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  1. Which system delivers oxygen and nutrients to the body parts that need them?
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Circulatory system

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  1. The human body system is ineterrelated: in other words…
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They depend on each other

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  1. The brain, spinal chord, and nerves are made up of what type of tissue?
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Nervous

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  1. What might happen if your respiratory system malfunctioned
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The oxygen level in your blood might go out of balance

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  1. What might happen if your endocrine system weren’t functioned properly?
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Your body might not grow or mature properly

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The smallest structure capable of carrying out all life processes is what.

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Cell

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  1. What does your circulatory system have in common with your nervous system?
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They’re both networks that stretch throughout the entire body

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  1. What can your infer about the buildup of carbon dioxide in the body?
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It can make you sick

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  1. What is an example of negative feedback?
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A dog panting in the sun

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  1. Your normal body temperature is controlled by what?
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Negative feedback

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  1. High fever during an illness is part of what feedback?
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Positive

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