Lesson 1, Chapter 5

Question 1

Homeostasis

Answer 1

Your body’s drive to maintain many different variables close to a certain set point

Question 2

Variable

Answer 2

A condition, like blood pressure, that your body needs to keep within a certain range

Question 3

Set Point

Answer 3

The normal range of values for a variable

Question 4

Hypothalamus

Answer 4

A structure in the brain that monitors your body temperature

Question 5

Receptors

Answer 5

Structures that detect changes in the environment

Question 6

Control Center

Answer 6

The structure that makes decisions about how to respond to changes in a variable

Question 7

Effectors

Answer 7

Structures that make changes to bring a variable back to its set point