WEEK 1

Question 1

What is Homeostasis

Answer 1

Body’s process of maintaining balance (temp, glucose levels, blood pressure … )

Question 2

How is Homeostasis achieved

Answer 2

Hypothalamus (region in brain) which is a Control centre

Question 3

Three mechanism of a control centre

Answer 3

1) Receptor: detects a change in body
2) integrated centre: process information and directs response
3) Effector: carriers out corrective action

Question 4

Negative feedback

Answer 4

when body sense a change activates mechanism to reverse it (self correcting)

Question 5

Positive feedback

Answer 5

self amplifying cycle, leads to a greater change in the same direction

Question 6

anterior

Answer 6

front of body

Question 7

Posterior

Answer 7

back of body

Question 8

superior

Answer 8

above/ top

Question 9

Inferior

Answer 9

below

Question 10

Deep

Answer 10

far away from of surface of skin

Question 11

Superficial

Answer 11

close to surface of skin

Question 12

Medial

Answer 12

towards midline of body

Question 13

lateral

Answer 13

away from midline of body

Question 14

proximal

Answer 14

close to trunk of body

Question 15

distal

Answer 15

away from trunk of body

Question 16

Frontol

Answer 16

body divided into anterior & posterior sections

Question 17

transverse

Answer 17

body divided into Top & bottom sections

Question 18

Oblique

Answer 18

body divided into horizontal portions

Question 19

sagital

Answer 19

body dived into right and left portions