Physiology - Final (Nightingale College) Week 15 Questions with Complete Solutions Latest Update 2024

Physiology - Final (Nightingale College) Week 15 Questions with Complete Solutions Latest Update 2024 Positive-feedback control systems: Correct Answer accelerate a change. Of the pathogenic organisms, which of the following are the most complex? -Viruses -Tapeworms -Bacteria -Protozoa Correct Answer Tapeworms Shivering to try to raise your body temperature back to normal would be an example of: -the body trying to maintain homeostasis. -a positive-feedback mechanism. -a negative-feedback mechanism. Correct Answer the body trying to maintain homeostasis and a negative-feedback mechanism The term that literally means self-immunity is: Correct Answer autoimmunity Intracellular parasites that consist of DNA or RNA surrounded by a protein coat and sometimes by a lipoprotein envelope are called: Correct Answer viruses Pathogenesis can be defined as: Correct Answer the course of disease development. Intrinsic control: Correct Answer is sometimes called autoregulation. Which of the following is not one of the basic components in a feedback control loop? -Effector mechanism -Transmitter -Sensor -Integrating center Correct Answer transmitter Negative-feedback control systems: Correct Answer oppose a change Negative-feedback mechanisms: -minimize changes in blood glucose levels. -maintain homeostasis. -are responsible for an increased rate of sweating when air temperature is higher than body temperature. Correct Answer All the above are correct of the negative-feedback mechanisms