Physiology and Homeostasis

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Physiology

Is the biology that focuses on the function, regulation and repair of anatomical structures in a living organism.

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Chemical Level

(Level) The structural and functional characteristics of all organisms are determined by their chemical makeup.

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Chemical Level

(Level) Involves how atoms, such as hydrogen and carbon, interact and combine into molecules.

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Cells

Are the basic structural and functional units of organisms, such as plants and animals.

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Cellular Level

(Level) Molecules can combine to form organelles, which are the small structures that make up some cells.

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Tissue

Is a group of similar cells and the materials surrounding them.

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Epithelial - Connective - Muscular - Nervous

The many tissues that make up the body are classified into these four primary types.

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Organ

It is composed of two or more tissue types that together perform one or more common functions.

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Organ System

Is a group of organs classified as a unit because of a common function or set of functions.

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Organism

Any living thing considered as a whole, whether composed of one cell, such as a bacterium, or of trillions of cells, such as a human.

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Integumentary System

(System) Protects the body, regulates temperature, helps produce Vitamin D, and prevents water loss.

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Skeletal System

(System) Provides support, protects organs, stores minerals and adipose tissue, and produces blood cells.

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Muscular System

(System) Enables movement, maintains posture, and generates heat. Consists of muscles attached to the skeleton by tendons.

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Lymphatic System

(System) Removes foreign substances from the blood and lymph, fights disease, maintains fluid balance, and absorbs dietary fat from the digestive tract.

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Respiratory System

(System) Exchanges oxygen and carbon dioxide between the blood and air and regulates blood pH.

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Digestive System

(System) Performs the mechanical and chemical processes of digestion, absorbs nutrients, and eliminates waste.

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Nervous System

(System) A major regulatory system that detects sensations and controls movements, physiological processes, and intellectual functions.

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Endocrine System

(System) A major regulatory system that influences metabolism, growth, reproduction, and many other functions.

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Cardiovascular System

(System) Transports nutrients, waste products, gases, and hormones throughout the body.

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Cardiovascular System

(System) Plays a role in the immune response and the regulation of body temperature.

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Urinary System

(System) Removes waste products from the blood and regulates blood pH, ion balance, and water balance.

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Female Reproductive System

(System) Produces oocytes and is the site of fertilization and fetal development; produces milk for the newborn; produces hormones that influence sexual function and behaviors.

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Male Reproductive System

(System) Produces and transfers sperm cells to the female and produces hormones that influence sexual functions and behaviors.

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Homeostasis

Is the maintenance of a variable, such as body temperature, around an ideal normal value, or set point.

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Homeostatic Mechanisms

Are dynamic mechanisms inside the body that ensures that the balance within a specified target values.

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Positive Homeostatic Response - Negative Homeostatic Response

What are the two ways in which the body performs homeostasis?

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Negative Homeostatic Response

Are physiological processes that maintains balance by reverting or counteracting the condition to retain into the specific target condition of the body.

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Negative Homeostatic Response

Majority of the homeostatic responses of the body utilizes this.

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Thermoregulation

Body temperature.

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Glucogenesis

Blood sugar.

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Osmoregulation

Water consumption.

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Blood Pressure

Pressure regulation.

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Blood Alkalinity and Acidity

Metabolic gas consumption.

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Oxygen Consumption

Breathing rate.

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Blood production

Wound and trauma (negative).

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Positive Homeostatic Response

Are physiological processes that maintains balance by expounding or exacerbating a condition to achieve a specific target condition of the body.

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Lactation

Milk Production

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Blood Clotting

Wound and trauma (positive).

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Parturition

Childbirth contractions.

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Ovulation

Hormonal release.

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Pyrogen Production

Fever.

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Cortisol and Epinephrine (Adrenaline)

Fight or flight response.