Homeostasis Review

Component in a homeostasis-maintaining system responsible for processing negative feedback and sending out the appropriate hormones to communicate between the receptor and the effector.

• Receptor

• Control Center

• Effector

Component in a homeostasis-maintaining system responsible for monitoring conditions in the body and detecting any abnormalities

• Receptor

• Control Center

• Effector

Component in a homeostasis-maintaining system responsible for producing the corrective mechanism to restore normal conditions in the body

• Receptor

• Control Center

• Effector

Abnormalities or changes to the internal conditions which stimulate corrective mechanisms

• Positive Feedback

• Negative Feedback

• Hypothalamus

Abnormalities or changes to the internal conditions which stimulate an increase in abnormal conditions

• Positive Feedback

• Negative Feedback

• Hypothalamus

Small section of the forebrain responsible for many metabolic functions

• Positive Feedback

• Negative Feedback

• Hypothalamus

Temperature homeostasis is called

• Endotherms

• Thermoregulation

• Ectotherm

Animals requiring a constant body temperature

• Thermoregulation

• Ectotherm

• Endotherm

Animals having variable body temperatures

• Ectotherm

• Endotherm

• Thermoregulation

Hormone, also called adrenaline, responsible for increasing blood circulation, breathing and metabolic rates

• Ectotherm

• Endotherm

• Epinephrine