Homeostasis

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what system controls homeostasis
endocrine
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Homeostasis
Maintaining an organisms internal environment within set limits
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why can glucagon not fuse through a membrane
it is a polar, lipid-insoluble molecule
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what does glucagon bind to instead of passing through the membrance
surface receptors
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when is glucagon released
when blood glucose levels drop below the norm
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what is a drop in blood glucose levels detected by
alpha cells
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where are alpha and beta cells located?
Islets of langerhans
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how does insulin mainly decrease blood glucose
increasing the permeability of body cells to glucose
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what is the process that converts glucose to glycogen?
glycogenesis
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what is glycogenesis in response to?
an increase in blood glucose
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what is the name of the process which converts glucose into fatty acids?
lipogenesis
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what is lipogenesis in response to?
an increase in blood glucose
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what is the name of the process which converts non-carbohydrate sources into glucose in the liver?
gluconeogenesis
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what is gluconeogenesis in response to?
a decrease in blood glucose
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what is the name for the breakdown of lipids and triglycerides into glucose in the adipose tissue
lipolysis
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what part of the body detects temperature changes and determines a core temperature
receptors in the hypothalamus
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what is stimulated during thermoregulation by the hypothalamus after it detects an increase in temperature
Heat Conservation Centre
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what is stimulated during thermoregulation by the hypothalamus after it is stimulated by a decrease in temperature
Heat Loss Centre
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what is urea?
A poisonous chemical made by the liver, that is transported to the kidneys and then excreted
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what carries urine from the kidneys to the bladder
ureter
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what is the net effect of ultrafiltration
fluid moves out of the capillary and into the lumen of the renal capsule
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What is filtered into the lumen of the renal capsule during ultrafiltration
SUMGAV
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how is pressure created during ultrafiltration
the dramatic change in diameter from the afferent atriole and the efferent atriole
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where does selective reabsorption occur?
proximal convoluted tubule
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where does selective reabsorbtion go to
back into the blood
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during selective reabsoprtion, where is water absrobed into?
collecting duct
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during selective reabsoprtion where is glucose absorbed into
proximal tubule
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