All physiology is a combination of __ mechanisms. - correct answer homeostatic
Homeostatic mechanisms can be a __ mechanism or a __ mechanism. - correct answer positive
feedback; negative feedback
What is a positive feedback mechanism? - correct answer movement away from a standard which
encourages more movement away with no attempt to bring it back; could ultimately lead to
catastrophic condition and death
What is a negative feedback mechanism? - correct answer most common homeostatic mechanism;
have a standard that we are trying to maintain; digress from this standard as a response to stimuli in the
environment; mechanism allows us to come back to the standard; digression from and return to a
standard
The tendency of a living body to maintain relatively stable internal conditions in spite of greater changes
in its external environment is known as... - correct answer homeostasis
Describe "little loop" - correct answer 1. get up in the morning and have a snickers and a Dr. Pepper =
digressing from standard (fasting glucose level in this case) towards more glucose level in blood
2. sensor = beta cells in islets of langerhahn in pancreas
3. Beta cells release insulin (water soluble hormone) which travels to target cell in blood via capillaries,
binds to receptor resulting in glucose entering cell for cellular respiration thereby lowering blood
glucose levels
4. mechanism has worked (recognized this digression and brought it back to the standard
A monosaccharide aka blood sugar is __. - correct answer glucose
__ is the noncellular portion of blood. - correct answer plasma
, Which organelle is responsible to judging the glucose in the blood? - correct answer pancreas
What portion of the pancreas is responsible for judging the glucose in the blood? - correct answer
islets of langerhahn
Which type of cells are in the islets of langerhahm? - correct answer beta cells
What is insulin? - correct answer water soluble hormone = goes into blood through capillaries = that
lowers blood sugar levels by traveling to the target cell via the blood and binding to a receptor on the
cell membrane that allow glucose to enter the cell thereby lowering blood sugar level
What is the fasting glucose level? - correct answer The level go glucose that is expected first thing in
the morning = 90mg / 100mL
The end result of the docking of insulin to its receptor is that __ is taken out of the environment and
pulls it into the cell. - correct answer glucose
If you can move from a standard and continue to digress further and further away, this is called a __
mechanism. - correct answer positive feedback
Cutting your finger is a good example of a __ feedback mechanism - correct answer positive
What type of feedback is more common? - correct answer negative
If you have a standard, digress from it, and a mechanism brings you back this would be called a __
mechanism. - correct answer negative
Is the receptor on the cellular membrane for insulin the same for glucogen? - correct answer no
What is short loop? - correct answer when one side of a model is considered