Question 1

What is homeostasis?

Accepted Answer

Keeping the body working perfectly

Question 2

Negative feedback loop

Accepted Answer

When a system responds to a stimulus by returning to its original state

Question 3

Positive feedback loop

Accepted Answer

When the response to a stimulus increases the original stimulus

Question 4

Is this positive or negative feedback loop: regulating temperature?

Accepted Answer

Negative

Question 5

Is this a positive or negative feedback loop: making more breast milk for a child?

Accepted Answer

Positive

Question 6

What is dialysis?

Accepted Answer

When a machine takes a patients blood and cleans it, then returns the blood to circulation

Question 7

When your body glucose levels go up ...

Accepted Answer

The pancreas releases insulin

Question 8

What is insulin?

Accepted Answer

A hormone produced by the pancreas that allows glucose to enter the cells and the liver

Question 9

If the blood sugar level is very high than what does the pancreas do?

Accepted Answer

The pancreas produces insulin

Question 10

Do people with type 2 diabetes produce insulin?

Accepted Answer

Yes, they just can't go through it the cell due to fat.

Question 11

If the blood sugar level is very low, Than what does the pancreas do?

Accepted Answer

the pancreas produces glucagon

Question 12

What is glucagon?

Accepted Answer

a hormone created by the pancreas that breaks down glycogen in the liver

Question 13

What happens if there is excess glucose in the bloodstream after the cells take in glucose?

Accepted Answer

The extra glucose is stored in the liver as glycogen

Question 14

How is filtration related to diffusion?

Accepted Answer

It goes from high to low until equilibrium

Question 15

What effect does pore size have on diffusion?

Accepted Answer

It allows only some molecules to move across

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