Pathophysiology - Nursing 115: Test 1 Liberty University Exam With Complete Solutions.

Pathophysiology - Nursing 115: Test 1 Liberty University Exam With Complete Solutions. Homeostasis According to Walter Cannon - CORRECT ANSWER The ability to respond and maintain stability, physiologically and psychologically, during rapid changing conditions in the internal and external environment Homeostasis & Cannon - CORRECT ANSWER - Constancy - Steady State Conditions - Regulating System - "Homeostasis does not occur by chance but is the result of organized self-government" Cannon, 1932 - Organized self-government "God's perfect design" Control Systems - CORRECT ANSWER - Regulate Cellular Functions - Regulate Physical and Psychological adaptation in order to maintain the body's internal environment (physiological processes) - Negative feedback systems - regulate life processes, behaviors, integrate body systems Negative Feedback Systems: Blood Glucose - CORRECT ANSWER - Glucose Sensor in Beta Cells - Decreased Insulin Release and Addition of Glucose to the Blood - Increase in Blood Glucose - Decrease in Glucose - Increased Insulin Release and Removal of Glucose From the Blood - Glucose Sensor in Beta Cells Definitions of Stress and Adaptation: Stress (According to H. Selye) - CORRECT ANSWER A state manifested by symptoms that arise from coordinated activation of the neuroendocrine and immune systems (General Adaptation Syndrome - GAS) Psychoneuroloimmunologic Regulation: The Stress Response - CORRECT ANSWER - Consciousness (Psychology) - Brain and CNS (Neurology) - Body's Defense Against Disease (Immunology) Involved Systems - CORRECT ANSWER - The Sympathetic Nervous System (SNS) - Endocrine System: Pituitary and Adrenal Glands - Immune System Psychoneuroimmuologic Regulation - Psycho: Consciousness - Neuro: Brain and CNS