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Homeostasis

Revision

QUIZ

Use these questions to help you revise

1 What does homeostasis mean? (page 96) 2 Name 4 control systems that rely on
feedback. (p. 97)

... keeping conditions constant inside the body. ... control of blood sugar, water content, pH, temperature, carbon dioxide concentration. ... insulin.

3 When blood sugar is high special cells in the

pancreas produce _ _ _ _ _ _ _. (p. 98)

4 Insulin lowers blood sugar by changing

glucose to _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. (p. 98)

... glycogen.

5 What is the function of glucagon? (p. 98) 6 A disease caused when the pancreas cant
make enough insulin. (p. 99)

... to raise blood sugar level by changing glycogen to glucose. ... diabetes.

7 What does warm-blooded mean? (p. 100) 8 How does the skin react when it is hot?
(p. 101)

... keeping the body temperature constant all the time. ... blood vessels at the skin surface widen and more blood gets to the surface. Sweating increases. ... blood vessels at the skin surface close up. Less blood flows to the skin surface. Sweating stops. The hairs stand up trapping air and cutting down heat loss. ... hypothermia.

9 How does the skin react when it is cold.

(p. 101)

10 Gradual cooling of the body to a

dangerously low temperature. (p. 101)

11 Excess amino acids are broken down in the

liver to form urea. This is called ... (p. 102)

... deamination.

12 Your kidney is made up of thousands of tiny

tubes called _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. (p. 103)

... nephrons.

13 The main excretory products removed from

your body by the kidneys. (p. 102)

... urea and waste salts.

14 A hormone produced by a gland in your

brain that tells your kidneys to reabsorb water. (p. 104)

... ADH (antidiuretic hormone).

15 The kidney machine contains a membrane

that can separate out waste chemicals from the blood. (p. 105)

... a dialysis membrane.

Gareth Williams, 2011