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Dermis
________: Where touch and pressure receptors are located.
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Fatty tissue Adipose tissue
________: Insulates heat, retarding heat dissipation.
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Homeostasis
________ is not a process, it is a state.
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Sweat
________ cools the skin by evaporation.
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Radiation
________ can easily cause unnecessary apoptosis.
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hair erects
When we are cold, ________ so that it can trap a layer of air that insulates heat loss.
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Sweat
________ takes out salt and water from your blood.
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Internal environment
Temperature, blood, pressure, water concentration, glucose concentration
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Dermis
Where touch and pressure receptors are located
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Fatty tissue / Adipose tissue
Insulates heat, retarding heat dissipation
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negative feedback
A factor triggers a counter-response in the body, and comes back to the set limit
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Example of negative feedback
Glucose control with insulin and glucagon
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Example of positive feedback
Birth contractions
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organ
group of different tissues working towards the same task.
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brain
organ that coordinates the control of body temperature