HOMEOSTASIS Homeostasis is an internal environment that is regulated in order to remain in a stable and constant state. To be able to maintain homeostasis‚ the homeostatic control system shows how communication within the body is important in homeostasis‚ there are four main components to this system: the stimulus (change)‚ the receptor (detects the change)‚ the control centre (receives the information) and the effector ( produces the response). The stimulus in this case would be the change in
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Prokaryotic and Eukaryotic Cells Cells are the basic building block of life. Cells can be either Eukaryotic or Prokaryotic cells. Organism can only contain either one but not both of them. Prokaryotic cells are usually much smaller than Eukaryotic and are less complex. Bacteria are made up of one or more prokaryotic cells. Bacteria are made up of one or more prokaryotic cells. While Eukaryotic cell are found inside plant and animal life. Eukaryotic are more advanced and larger. Prokaryotic cell
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Motivation Motivation is the driving force by which humans achieve their goals. via wikipedia Motivation can come from a lot of things‚ places‚ feelings‚ thoughts and people. Motivation can be the drive to leave a legacy behind. Motivation can be trying to live up to the expectations of others. Motivation can come from just wanting to be successful. Motivation can be trying to help others be successful. Motivation can be wanting a better life for you and your family. Motivation can be not letting
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Nightingale ’s Theory of Practice 1860: Florence Nightingale | Investigates the effect of the environment on healing | Nightingale ’s theory of practice‚ an environmental adaptation theory‚ was documented for nurses and laypersons alike and served as the foundation for the promotion of health. This theory was referred to by Nightingale as the canons of nursing and guided the practice of professional nursing. A description of these canons‚ or standards‚ follows. Ventilation and
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Caring and Education Student Name Assignment Title The main body organs and their overall function Assignment Ref: AS03/1415 Assessor Zoe Taylor Date issued 17th December 2014 Hand in Date 28th January 2015 Assessment Date 18th February 2015 Duration (approx.) This assessment should take you about 10 hours Qualification suite covered Level 3 BTEC Subsidiary Diploma in HSC (QCF) Level 3 BTEC Diploma in HSC (QCF) Units covered Unit 5: Anatomy and Physiology for Health and Social Care Learning
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technology advanced ideas became easier to spread between formerly separate countries leading to a much more fluid culture. As the world advances and technology improves problems can arise in some areas and they must be looked at. Issues like gender imbalance in areas like China where there are many more boys than girls being born can have a huge problem on future populations. In Kwame Appiah’s “Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers‚” he talks about the idea of cosmopolitanism and people not
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The professor Philip Hallie’s ‘From Cruelty to Goodness’ radiates unwavering genuine philanthropy which by its nature oppose the cruelty and imbalance of power he talks about. The understanding of how cruelty works goes through the understanding what cruelty is and what morality has to say about that. Professor Hallie recognizes two types of ethics- negative and positive- that illuminate the path of good-making. The negative is the ban for actions associated with deliberate harm-making and pain-inflicting
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diffuse gaseous wastes‚ such as carbon dioxide‚ from the bloodstream as a normal part of respiration Kidneys The kidney’s primary function is the elimination of waste from the bloodstream by production of urine. They perform several homeostatic (metabolic balance) functions such as:- 1. Maintain volume of extracellular fluid 2. Maintain ionic balance in the blood 3. Maintain pH concentration of the blood. 4. Excrete toxic metabolic by-products such as urea‚ ammonia‚ and uric acid.
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Price Index (CPI)”. In the context of market economy‚ prices are showing the application so it can be said that inflation is caused by a “mismatch” between aggregate demand and aggregate supply‚ signaling economic imbalance. However‚ in its complexity‚ inflation is a monetary imbalance caused by increasing the amount of money in the economy and hence the declining purchasing power of the currency. Ludwig von Mises explained the phenomenon using the example of the situation in the economies of European
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Discuss the role of neural mechanisms involved in controlling eating and satiation. 8+16 or 4+8 1. The body is regulated by homeostatic mechanisms; concerning food intake this is dependent on glucose levels. Decrease in glucose levels means hunger levels increase‚ whereas an increase in glucose levels means satiation is reached. 2. Research has revealed two significant eating centres in the hypothalamus; the lateral hypothalamus (LH) and the ventro-medial hypothalamus (VMH). Research from the 1940s
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