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26 Cards in this Set
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Positive feedback |
Pushes away from normal until drastic change then returns to normal |
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Receptor |
Detects imbalance |
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Homeostasis |
Balance |
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Negative feedback |
Homeostasis mechanism held around a set point |
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Effector |
Carries out the changes |
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Control center |
Decision making part of the negative feedback loop |
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Disease |
Loss of homeostasis results in this |
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Spinal |
Contains spinal cord |
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Serous membrane |
A thin membrane usually doubled over creating an internal space lines cavities that don't open to the outside world |
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Mucous membrane |
Membranes characterized by goblet cells lining cavities that open to the outside world |
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Cutaneous membrane |
Thick covering found on the exterior of humans to prevent loss of water and infection |
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Cranial |
Contains your brain |
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Thoracic |
Contains lung heart and esophagus |
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Abdominal |
Intestines |
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Contralateral |
Refers to structures on opposite sides of the body |
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Bilateral |
Paired structures lungs ears eyes kidneys |
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Posterior |
Dorsal toward the back |
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Anterior |
Ventral toward the front |
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Medial |
Imaginary midline that divides the human body into two equal halves |
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Deep |
Describe the internal parts |
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Superficial |
Near the surface |
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Lateral |
Toward the side or away from the midline |
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Proximal |
A part is closer to a point of attachment than another part |
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Inferior |
A part is below another part |
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Distal |
A part is further from a point of attachment then another part |
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Superior |
Means a part is above another part |
