Physiology and Homeostasis Quiz
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What type of questions do physiologists explore when it comes to function?

  • When questions (correct)
  • Where questions
  • How questions
  • What questions
  • Which term is used to describe the relatively stable internal environment maintained by the body?

  • Control systems
  • Homeostasis (correct)
  • Dynamic equilibrium
  • Positive feedback
  • What do negative feedback loops do in the body?

  • Stabilize the variable around the setpoint (correct)
  • Regulate and affect tissues locally
  • Create a dynamic equilibrium
  • Enhance or reinforce the originating stimulus
  • How are regulated variables kept within ranges by control systems?

    <p>By having set-points or optimal values</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What kind of feedback loop may increase or decrease the stimulus?

    <p>Feedback loop</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What does ECF act as between the living cells and the world outside the body?

    <p>A buffer</p> Signup and view all the answers

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