Feedback loops homeostasis

maintain stable internal environment

• receptor

• type 2 diabetes

• homeostasis

• insulin

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reverses the direction of change

• positive feedback

• effector

• hypothalamus

• negative feedback

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increases or speeds up original change

• negative feedback

• positive feedback

• endotherm

• ectotherm

regulation of body temperature in the face of changes in the temperature of the environment

• blood glucose regulation

• thermoregulation

• homeostasis

• control center

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Loops that cause a response to build up and build up until something big happens are called ____________ loops

• positive

• negative

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The heater kicks on and the house warms up, so it kicks off. Then the house cools a bit and the heater kicks back on. This continues all day. It's a _____________ loop.

• positive

• negative

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Most of the body's feedback loops are ____________ loops.

• positive

• negative

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Body temperature regulation is an example of a ______________ loop

• positive

• negative

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If the environment gets cold, we will often shiver in order to:

• keep body temperature the same as the external temperature
• decrease body temperature
• increase body temperature
• regulate blood pressure

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Negative Feedback Loops:

• amplify processes
• prevent small changes from getting larger
• are initiated during childbirth
• are found only in plants

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