BMSC 207 - MODULE 1 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
The study of the normal functioning of an living organism and its component parts;
including all its chemical and physical processes - Answers -Physiology
"Knowledge of _______" - Answers -nature
Define Emergent Properties - Answers -properties of a *complex* system that cannot
be explained by a knowledge of systems individual components.
Examples of Emergent properties - Answers --emotion or intelligence in humans cannot
be predicted from knowing the individual properties of nerve cells
Physiology is an... - Answers -integrative science
smallest unit of structure capable of carrying out life processes - Answers -cells
collection of cells carrying out related functions - Answers -tissue
formation of tissues into a structural and functional unit - Answers -organ
integrated groups of organs - Answers -organ system
a Teleological approach is a - Answers -*function or "why"*
-why do red blood cells transport oxygen?
A mechanistic approach is a - Answers -*mechanism or "how"*
-how do red blood cells transport oxygen?
Physiology often focus on a _________ approach - Answers -mechanistic approach
What is Positive Feedback? - Answers -is a type of control pathway that is rarer than
negative feedback. What this means is that the change in a variable is exaggerated or
amplified by positive feedback
What is negative feedback? - Answers -•when a variable changes and the responses
enacted by the control pathway reverse the change. In other words, if a variable
increases, the homeostatic control pathway will elicit responses that will decrease the
variable.
What is a Feed Forward Repsonse? - Answers -that occur before the variable changes.
These are changes that happen in anticipation of the fact that the variable will change.
An example of this would be salivating before eating any food.
The study of the normal functioning of an living organism and its component parts;
including all its chemical and physical processes - Answers -Physiology
"Knowledge of _______" - Answers -nature
Define Emergent Properties - Answers -properties of a *complex* system that cannot
be explained by a knowledge of systems individual components.
Examples of Emergent properties - Answers --emotion or intelligence in humans cannot
be predicted from knowing the individual properties of nerve cells
Physiology is an... - Answers -integrative science
smallest unit of structure capable of carrying out life processes - Answers -cells
collection of cells carrying out related functions - Answers -tissue
formation of tissues into a structural and functional unit - Answers -organ
integrated groups of organs - Answers -organ system
a Teleological approach is a - Answers -*function or "why"*
-why do red blood cells transport oxygen?
A mechanistic approach is a - Answers -*mechanism or "how"*
-how do red blood cells transport oxygen?
Physiology often focus on a _________ approach - Answers -mechanistic approach
What is Positive Feedback? - Answers -is a type of control pathway that is rarer than
negative feedback. What this means is that the change in a variable is exaggerated or
amplified by positive feedback
What is negative feedback? - Answers -•when a variable changes and the responses
enacted by the control pathway reverse the change. In other words, if a variable
increases, the homeostatic control pathway will elicit responses that will decrease the
variable.
What is a Feed Forward Repsonse? - Answers -that occur before the variable changes.
These are changes that happen in anticipation of the fact that the variable will change.
An example of this would be salivating before eating any food.
