Homeostasis The conditions inside our body must be very carefully controlled if the body is to function effectively. Homeostasis is the maintenance of a constant internal environment. The nervous system and hormones are responsible for this. One example of homeostasis is the concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood being carefully controlled. Here are some of the other internal conditions that are regulated: Body temperature This is controlled to maintain the temperature at which the
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caloric intake. What endocrine gland is probably not involved in this problem? A. anterior pituitary B. hypothalamus C. thyroid D. testes E. pancreas 3. Which of the following is NOT a correct association? A. thyroid—thyroxin B. anterior pituitary—FSH and LH C. adrenal cortex—hypothalamus releasing hormones D. adrenal gland—norepinephrine E. pancreas—insulin 4. Which statement is NOT true about peptide hormones? A. It includes hormones such as epinephrine. B. It binds to the target
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Stimuli Hormones- most common‚ activated by other hormones. Humoral- changes in blood levels of ioms and nutrients. Neural- stimulated by nerve fibers. Major endocrine glands Pituitary/hypothalamus‚ thyroid‚ para thyroid‚ adrenal‚ pineal‚ thymus pancreas‚ gonads. Pituitary On the inferior surface of hypothalamus‚ master gland‚ it controls activity of many other glands‚ makes 6 hormones. Tropic Stimulate target organs to secrete hormones Pituitary hormones Growth‚ prolactin‚ adrenocorticotropic
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insulin creation is insufficient‚ or cause the body’s cells do not react correctly to insulin‚ or both. Types of Diabetes Type 1:Is a genetic disorder where the cells of the pancreas are infected and then stop performing. Others feeling an illness that provokes the immune system to begin infecting the pancreas might cause the disease. Type 2:Is usually found in individuals who are fat‚ as they become older. Though it is occasionally named adult beginning diabetes‚ in some nation‚ such as the
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How do you feel when you have to wait for something you really‚ really want? What if this was something you literally couldn’t live without? How many of you have actually thought about organ donation? Well according to the Organ Procurement and Transplantation network‚ as of 5:30 pm on Wednesday there are 110‚912 patients currently on the waiting list‚ and among these are men‚ women and children of all races and ethnic backgrounds‚ and to that number one more person is being added every eleven minutes
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Marine Pfc. Breanna Weisenberger BPASC 060-16 News feature DISNEYLAND Miss Sarah L. Hood received an email from Crystal Rogers‚ a transplant coordinator with U.S.S.F Kidney and Pancreas Transplant Services on June 30 which states that after a few final test‚ Miss Hood can officially donate her kidney to her brother. The surgery will take place at the University of California San Francisco medical center. There will be four small microscopic incisions around the chosen Kidney. To remove the
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Digestive system 6.1.1 explain why digestion of large food molecules is essential * Large food molecules are polymers‚ broken down into monomers in order to be absorbed into the blood * Humans eat substances by other organsims‚ many which are not suitable for human tissues therefore they must be broken down and reassembled in a form that is suitable * Many molecules in foods are too large to be absorbed by the villi in the small intestine‚ the large molecules have to be broken down
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Diabetes Mellitus- Also known as Type 1 Diabetes‚ TD1; formerly insulin dependent diabetes or juvenile diabetes. Is a form of diabetes mellitus that results from the autoimmune destruction of the insulin-producing beta cells in the pancreas. The subsequent lack of insulin leads to increased blood and urine glucose. Polyuria (Frequent Urination) Polydipsia (Increased Thirst) Fatigue Weight Loss Blurred Vision Smell of acetone on the breath Abdominal Pain
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Purpose The digestive system prepares food for use by hundreds of millions of body cells. Food when eaten cannot reach cells (because it cannot pass through the intestinal walls to the bloodstream and‚ if it could would not be in a useful chemical state. The gut modifies food physically and chemically and disposes of unusable waste. Physical and chemical modification (digestion) depends on exocrine and endocrine secretions and controlled movement of food through the digestive tract. Mouth Mouth
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You may ask‚ how does this happen? Well once we digest the food that we eat glucose enters the bloodstream. Which is also used for energy‚ our pancreas produces insulin. The insulin that is produced is used to help the glucose travel to the fat‚ liver and the muscles. If the body produces too much insulin then too much glucose is produced and the pancreas would eventually no longer work which could lead to death. There
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