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Chapter 40: Animal Form And Function Slide 1-58 Flashcards

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How do animals regulate their internal state even in changing or harsh environments?

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Form
Function
Behavior

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What help maintain an animal’s internal environment?

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Adaptations in form, function, and behavior

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Anatomy

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Form

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Physiology

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Function

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For penguins, insulating reduces heat loss is an example of

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Form

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For penguins, shivering produces heat is an example of

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Function

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For penguins, packing together reduces exposure is a example of

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Behavior

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All animals must obtain __________ and ___________, fight off infection, and survive to produce offspring

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Nutrients; oxygen

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Biological structure

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Anatomy

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Biological function

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Physiology

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The ______ ______ of an animal is programmed by the genome

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Body plan

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What’s limit the range of animal forms?

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Physical laws (strength, diffusion, movement, and heat exchange)

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13
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What limit possible shapes for fast swimming animals?

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Properties of water

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As animals increase in size, _________ skeletons are required for support

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Thicker

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15
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What represent a larger fraction of the total body mass

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Muscles (for locomotion)

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16
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At some point, ________ becomes limited

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Mobility

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17
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What materials must be exchanged across the plasma membrane of animal cells?

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Nutrients
Waste products
Gases

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Rate of exchange is proportional to a cell’s ________ _____

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Surface area

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_______ ___ __________ that must be exchanged is proportional to a cell’s volume

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Amount of material

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What has sufficient surface area to carry out all necessary exchange?

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Single-celled organism living in water

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Multicellular organizations only work if every cell has access to a suitable

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Aqueous environment

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22
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This animal’s cells are in direct contact with their environment

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Tapeworms (flat animals)

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Enable sufficient exchange with the environment

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Extensively branched or folded structures

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The space between cells filled with __________ _______, which links exchange surfaces to body cells

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Interstitial fluid

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25
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Help an animal living in a variable environment to maintain a relatively stable internal environment

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Complex body plan

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Groups of cells with a similar appearance and a common function

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Tissues

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Tissues make up

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Organs

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Organs together make up an

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Organ system

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29
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What organ belongs to more than one organ system

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Pancreas

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30
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What are the 4 main types of animal tissues?

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Epithelial
Connective
Muscle
Nervous

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Covers the outside of the body and lines the organs and cavities within the body

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Epithelial tissue

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Contains cells that are closely packed

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Epithelial

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What are the 3 shapes of epithelial cells

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Cuboidal (dice)
Columnar (bricks)
Squamous (floor tiles)

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Holds many tissues and organs together in place

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Connective tissue

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Contains sparsely packed cells scattered throughout an extra cellular matrix

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Connective tissue

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Consists of fibers in a liquid, jellylike, or solid foundation

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Extracellular matrix

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37
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Connective tissue contains cells including

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Fibroblasts and macrophages

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Secrete fiber proteins

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Fibroblasts

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39
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Engulf foreign particles and cell debris by phagocytosis

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Macrophages

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40
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What are all three types of connective tissue fiber made of?

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Protein

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41
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What are the 3 types of connective tissue fibers

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Collagenous
Reticular
Elastic

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This fiber provides strength and flexibility

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Collagenous

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43
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This fiber join connective tissue to adjacent tissues

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Reticular

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44
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This fiber stretch and snap back to their original length

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Elastic

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45
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In __________, the fibers and foundation combine to form 6 major types of connective tissue

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Vertebrates

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46
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What are the 6 major types of connective tissue

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Loose
Fibrous
Bone
Adipose
Blood
Cartilage

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47
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This tissue binds epithelia to underlying tissues

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Loose

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48
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This tissue holds organs in place

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Loose

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49
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This tissue is found in tendons and ligaments

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Fibrous

50
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Attach muscles to bones

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Tendons

51
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Connect bones at joints

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Ligaments

52
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This tissue is mineralized and forms the skeleton

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Bone

53
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This tissue stores fat for insulation and fuel

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Adipose

54
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This tissue is composed of blood cells and cells fragments in blood plasma

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Blood

55
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This tissue is strong and flexible support material

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Cartilage

56
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This type of tissue is responsible for nearly all types of body movement

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Muscle

57
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Muscle cells consist of what 2 filaments

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Actin and myosin

58
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What are the 3 types of muscle tissue

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Skeletal
Stood
Cardiac

59
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This type of tissue is striated

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Skeletal

60
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This type of tissue is responsible for voluntary movement

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Skeletal

61
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This type of tissue is responsible for involuntary body activities

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Smooth

62
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This type of tissue is responsible for contraction of the heart

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Cardiac

63
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This tissue functions in the receipt, processing and transmission of information

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Nervous

64
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What 2 structures do nervous tissue contain?

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Neurons
Glial cells (glia)

65
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“Nerve cells”; transmit nerve impulses

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Neurons

66
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“Glia”; support cells

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Glial cells

67
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What are the 2 major systems for coordinating and controlling response to stimuli

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Endocrine
Nervous

68
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This system release signaling molecules that are carried to all location in the body

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Endocrine

69
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This system transmits information along dedicated routes, connecting specific locations in the body

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Nervous

70
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Signaling molecules broadcast throughout the body by the _____________ system are called

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Hormones; endocrine

71
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How long can a hormone remain in the bloodstream?

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Minutes or even hours

72
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In the nervous system, signals called ________ _________ travel to specific targets cells along communication lines consisting mainly of _______

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Nerve impulses; axons

73
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Is very fast, and last only a fraction of second

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Nerve signal transmission

74
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The information conveyed by the nervous system depends on

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The pathway the signal takes

75
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Communication in the NS usually involves _______ _____ ______ type of signal

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More than one

76
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____________ system well adapted for coordinating gradual changes that affect the entire body

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Endocrine

77
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___________ system is well suited for directing immediate and rapid responses to the environment

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Nervous

78
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This system(s) maintain a stable internal environment

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Endocrine and nervous

79
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Animals manage their internal environment by either ______________ or _________

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Regulating; conforming

80
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An animal that is a ___________ uses internal control mechanism to control internal change in the face of external fluctuation

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Regulator

81
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A ___________ allows its internal condition to vary with certain external changes

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Conformer

82
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Organisms use _____________ to maintain a “steady state” — a relatively constant internal environment — regardless of external environment

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Homeostasis

83
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What 3 things in the human body are each maintained at a fairly constant level

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Temperature
Blood pH
Glucose concentration

84
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What maintains the internal environment in many animals?

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Feedback control

85
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The homeostatic control system in animals maintains a variable at or near a particular value or

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Set point

86
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A fluctuation above or below the set point serves as a

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Stimulus

87
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A stimulus is detected by a

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Sensor

88
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A control center then generates output that triggers a

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Response

89
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What helps return the variable to the set point?

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Response

90
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A control mechanism that “damps” a stimulus

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Negative feedback

91
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Plays a major role in homeostasis in animals

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Negative feedback

92
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Homeostasis moderates but ___________ eliminate changes in the internal environment

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Doesn’t

93
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Amplifies a stimulus and does not play a major role in homeostasis

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Positive feedback

94
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Can help drive a process (such as child birth) to completion

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Positive feedback

95
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In animals and plants, a ____________ ________ governs physiological changes that occur roughly every 24 hours

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Circadian rhythm

96
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Homeostasis is sometimes altered by

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Acclimatization

97
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A change in an animal’s physiology as it adjusts to changes in it environment

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Acclimatization

98
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Example is adaptation to changes in altitude

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Acclimatization

99
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The process by which animals maintain an internal temperature within a normal range

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Thermoregulation

100
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Animals generate heat by metabolism

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Endothermic

101
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Birds and mammals are

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Endotherms

102
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Animals gain heart from external sources

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Ectothermic

103
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Fish, amphibians, non avian reptiles, and most invertebrates

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Ectotherms

104
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Can maintain a stable body temperature

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Endotherms

105
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More energetically expensive

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Endothermy

106
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Need to consume less food than equally sized __________

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Ectotherms; endotherms

107
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Tolerate greater variation in internal temperature

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Ectotherms

108
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King penguins

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Endotherms

109
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Florida red-bellied turtles

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Ectotherms

110
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Body temperature of ___________ varies with its environment

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Poikilotherm

111
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Body temperature of a ____________ is relatively constant

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Homeotherm

112
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The relationship between heat source and __________ ________________ is not fixed

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Body temperature

113
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What are the 4 physical processes that organisms exchange heat?

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Radiation
Evaporation
Convection
Conduction

114
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Heat regulation in mammals often involves the __________________ system

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Integumentary

115
Q

What does the integumentary system include?

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Skin
Hair
Nails

116
Q

What are the 5 adaptations that help animals thermoregulate

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Insulation
Circulatory adaptations
Cooling by evaporative heat loss
Behavioral responses
Adjusting metabolic heat production

117
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Is a major thermoregulatory adaptation in mammals and birds

A

Insulation

118
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Reduces the flow of heat between an animal’s body and it environment

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Insulation

119
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What 4 things reduce heat flow between an animal and its environment

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Skin
Feathers
Fur
Blubber

120
Q

What significantly affects thermoregulation

A

Regulation of blood flow near the body surface

121
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Blood flow in the skin increases, facilitating heat loss

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Vasodilation

122
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Blood flow in the skin decreases, lowing heat loss

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Vasoconstriction

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